Important - Terms and conditions of use

1. Please read the following terms and conditions, which apply to any use made by you of information or other material contained on the NPC website ("information").
   
   
2. Content from the NPC website and other, linked NHS websites is covered by Crown copyright. Where Crown copyright applies, visitors can download material for private research, study or in-house use only. We describe this as 'personal use'. You must not copy, distribute or publish any material from such websites without the permission of the copyright holder.
   
   
3. All rights, including copyright, in the content of these NPC web pages are controlled for these purposes by the NPC. In accessing the NPC's web pages, you agree that you may only download the content for your own personal non-commercial use.
   
   
4. The methods of searching and presentation of information, certain information content, graphics, layout, design and other features of the NPC website are protected by intellectual property rights belonging to us. No licence is granted to you in respect of any such rights, except to the extent required for your personal use of the NPC website in accordance with these terms.
   
   
5. Every effort is made to ensure that the information contained in the NPC website is accurate and up to date at the time of press. However, please be aware that things do change - take note of the date of publication, and seek further advice if in any doubt. We do not accept any liability for the use made by you of the information, neither do we warrant that the supply of the information will be uninterrupted.
   
   
6. The NPC website contains links to various websites that are operated by third parties over whom we have no control. We therefore do not make any representation - and do not accept any liability - in respect of the content, products or services available from such websites, or the business of such third parties. Any dealings with third parties accessed using the NPC website shall be entirely at your own risk.

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