Terms and conditions

Under the Open Government Licence you are encouraged to use and re-use the publicly accessible information on this website free of charge. Re-use includes copying, issuing copies to the public, publishing, broadcasting and translating into other languages and its subsequent use in commercial or non-commercial enterprise.

NHS Digital grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the information subject to the following conditions. This licence does not affect your freedom under fair dealing or fair use or any other copyright or database right exceptions and limitations.

Permission to re-use is subject to the following conditions:

• you must acknowledge the source and our copyright in cases where you supply the information to others; "Copyright © 2016, Re-used with the permission of NHS Digital. All rights reserved."
• you must reproduce the information accurately, without amendment or alteration;
• you must not use the information in a misleading way;
• you must not use the information for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service;
• ensure that you do not use the information in a way that suggests any official status or that NHS Digital endorses you or your use of the information;
• you should be aware that different terms and conditions may apply to your use of third party information on this website;
• ensure that your use of the information does not breach the Data Protection Act 1998 or the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

The licence does not cover the use of:

• the HSCIC logo except where it forms an integral part of a document or data set
• third party rights the HSCIC is not authorised to license.

Where you wish to re-use the information but the proposed re-use would contravene any of the conditions set out above, email enquiries@hscic.gov.uk to determine whether the proposed re-use would be permitted and what, if any, additional conditions may apply. The application should be in writing, identifying the documents to be re-used and the purpose for re-use.

The information is licensed 'as is' and NHS Digital excludes all representations, warranties, obligations and liabilities in relation to the information to the maximum extent permitted by law.

NHS Digital is not liable for any errors or omissions in the information and shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage of any kind caused by its use. NHS Digital does not guarantee the continued supply of the information.

All material accessed or downloaded from the website is obtained at your own risk. It is your responsibility to use appropriate anti-virus software.

About the Open Government Licence

The Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) has developed this licence as a tool to enable Information Providers in the public sector to license the use and re-use of their Information under a common open licence. The Controller invites public sector bodies owning their own copyright and database rights to permit the use of their Information under this licence.

The Controller of HMSO has authority to license Information subject to copyright and database right owned by the Crown. The extent of the Controller's offer to license this Information under the terms of this licence is set out in the UK Government Licensing Framework.

This is version 1.0 of the Open Government Licence. The Controller of HMSO may, from time to time, issue new versions of the Open Government Licence. However, you may continue to use Information licensed under this version should you wish to do so.

These terms have been aligned to be interoperable with any Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which covers copyright, and Open Data Commons Attribution License, which covers database rights and applicable copyrights.

Further context, best practice and guidance can be found in the UK Government Licensing Framework section on The National Archives website.