Acceptance of Terms and Conditions

Welcome to the NHS Innovation Accelerator website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy notice govern our relationship with you in relation to this website. 

The term ‘NHS Innovation Accelerator’ or ‘NIA’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the NHS Innovation Accelerator as the owner of the website who are based at office is 170 Tottenham Court Road London. “Your” and “you” refers to the user or viewer of this website.

The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:

  • Your use of this site constitutes acceptance of the following Terms and Conditions, which take effect on the date of your first use of the site.
  • The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time.
  • This website uses cookies to monitor browsing preferences. If you do allow cookies to be used, the following personal information may be stored by us for use by third parties: [insert list of information].
  • The NHS Innovation Accelerator reserves the right to change the Terms and Conditions at any time by posting changes online. Your continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of this agreement as modified by the posted changes.

By using this site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using our site.

Privacy policy

We are committed to respecting the privacy of individuals using this website. We process information about you in accordance with our privacy and cookie notice. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

This site is best viewed in Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome 48.0.2564.97, Mozilla Firefox 44.0 and Safari 9.0.3. While you will be able to view the content of this page in a legacy browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience.

Copyright

© 2017 NHS Innovation Accelerator 

The material featured on this website is subject to NHS Innovation Accelerator copyright protection or is included with the permission of the relevant owner unless otherwise stated. You are permitted to reproduce such material free of charge (excluding photos and our logo) in any format or medium for research or private study, subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not being used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context. The material must not be systematically reproduced and sold for commercial gain. If the material is being published or issued to others, the source and copyright status must be acknowledged.

The permission to reproduce NHS Innovation Accelerator protected material does not extend to any material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce any third-party material must be obtained directly from the copyright holders. 

Use of the NHS Innovation Accelerator logo

Our logo must not be used without our expressed permission or in any derogatory or misleading manner. The logo must not (without explicit, written agreement from Us to the proposed use) be used in such a way that it could be taken as a form of endorsement or approval.

Warranties and Disclaimers

Your use of this website is at your own exclusive risk. Views and opinions of the Fellows or non-NIA groups or individuals that appear on the website do not necessarily reflect the views of NHS Innovation Accelerator. 

The NHS Innovation Accelerator does not endorse or recommend any commercial products, processes or services linked from or provided within this website.

The NHS Innovation Accelerator website and the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons contained therein are provided “AS IS” and on an “IS AVAILABLE” basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind.

In no event, will the NHS Innovation Accelerator or any of its partners accept liability for any damages, including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or loss of profits, or any damages whatsoever arising out of or about the use or loss of use of this site.

The NHS Innovation Accelerator does not warrant that the service continuity of this website will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses, bugs or defects.

Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow exclusions of implied warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you. Please check your local laws.

Information accuracy 

Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided on our website is accurate, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed and the information provided does not constitute legal or other professional advice. Information provided on this website is designed to provide general information only.

There is no guarantee that links to external sites from our website lead to the most up-to-date information on that site.

Linking to and from NHSAccelerator.com  

We encourage organisations to link to our website (we do not require organisations to request permission to do so). However, we do request the following conditions are met:

  • Links are not traded (if you offer a link to our website, we will not necessarily offer to create a link to your website in return)
  • Do not use the link in a defamatory context
  • You must not copy the NHS Innovation Accelerator Programme logo or use it to create a link without our permission 
  • Pages on this website are subject to change without notice, so we advise you to link to a section heading, rather than deep-linking to content
  • A link does not imply an endorsement of a site and not linking to a particular site does not imply lack of endorsement of that site
  • NHS Innovation Accelerator Programme cannot be held responsible for the contents of any pages referenced by an external link

We reserve the right to withdraw a link or refuse to link to any website without providing an explanation or justification.

Virus protection

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. However, you must take your own precautions to ensure that the process that you employ for accessing this website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system.

We can’t accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system that may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.

By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them.

Governing law

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.

Revisions to these terms

We may at any time revise these terms and conditions without notice. Please check these terms and conditions regularly, as continued use of the NHS Innovation Accelerator website after a change has been made is your acceptance of the change. If you have any questions or queries about our website or its contents, please contact us.

Last reviewed August 2021.