Terms and conditions

Terms and conditions and privacy policy

Access and use of this site by you constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions. This takes effect from the date on which you first use this website.

Linking to the GMTS website

We do not object to you linking directly to pages on this site. We reserve the right to move or change our website URLs at any time.

Linking from the NHS GMTS website

We are not responsible for the content or reliability of the websites we link to and do not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. We aim to replace broken links to other sites but cannot guarantee that these links will always work as we have no control over the availability of other sites.

Virus protection

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

Copyright

You may use and re-use the information on this website (not including case studies, logos or photographs), unless that information is identified as another party’s copyright, free of charge in any format or medium. We encourage users to establish hypertext links to this website.

Any email enquiries regarding the use and re-use of this information resource should be sent to: [email protected]

Logos, images and videos

If you wish to copy logos, images or videos from the NHS GMTS website or any of our online channels, you must contact us for further guidance and authorisation.

Case studies

To use case studies, please contact our communications team as third party permission may be required.

Third party copyright

The permission to reproduce material does not extend to the material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of a third party or for any photographic images. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

Intellectual property

The names, images and logos identifying the NHS GMTS are proprietary marks. If you wish to copy or use our logo, you must get prior approval from the NHS England communications team. If permission is granted, you will also be provided with guidance on using our branding. These guidelines must be adhered to.

RSS feeds and bookmarking

RSS feeds: Our RSS feeds can be used as part of your website, however we do require that proper format and attribution are used. The attribution text should read ‘NHS GMTS RSS feeds’. We reserve the right to prevent the distribution of GMTS RSS feed content and do not accept any liability for these feeds.

Social bookmarking: Use of our social bookmarking links is subject to the general terms and conditions of this site, see ‘Linking from the NHS GMTS website’.

Disclaimer

The NHS GMTS website and material relating to information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is provided ‘as is’, without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility,
security and accuracy.

We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of the NHS GMTS website.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Although we may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chat, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards and the like on this NHS GMTS website, we are under no obligation to do so and assume no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, omission, infringement, defamation, obscenity, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on this website.

We may revise these terms and conditions without notice. Please check regularly. Continued use of the NHS GMTS website after a change has been made is your acceptance of the change.

Privacy policy

Our privacy policy explains how we will use and protect any information about you that you give us when you visit this website.

This privacy statement only covers this website. It does not cover all sites that can be linked to from this site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement on that site.