Terms and Conditions

The use of the Value for Money (VfM) tools are subject to the following terms and conditions:

Using the VfM Tools

The VfM is developed and maintained by The National Social Marketing Centre (The NSMC). The access and use of VfM featuring these terms and conditions constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions. They take effect from the date on which you first use this tool.

You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within this site.

Information collected by us is used to improve the content of VfM, to customise the content and/or layout of VfM, to notify users about updates to VfM, and to contact users for marketing purposes and is not shared with other organisations for commercial purposes. Anyone who registers to use this resource will be automatically added to our mailing list to receive bi-monthly electronic bulletins. If you would like to be removed from this list, please contact info@thensmc.com. 

Any data acquired through the VfM cannot be used to gain profit or a commercial advantage in any way. Your log-in and password should also not be sent to anyone else. If any of the above occurs, your user access to the VfM tools will be revoked and legal action may be taken.  

Linking to the VfM Tools

Please let us know if you wish to link directly to pages on the VfM tools or to the tools directly by emailing Rowena at r.merritt@thensmc.com. We do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site.

The NSMC reserves the right to move or change its website URLs at any time in order to meet changing business needs and to continually improve its online service. External websites link to the OSS at their own risk. We do not encourage deep linking but recommend linking to section homepages, which are less likely to move or change.

Intellectual Property

The tools (including the formulas), supporting reports, images and logos identifying the VfM site and tools are property of The NSMC. If you wish to copy or use the logos, you must get prior approval from Rowena at r.merritt@thensmc.com.

Tell us how and why you wish to use our logos. Please include your contact details: name, address, telephone number, fax number and email.

The figures used in the tools are based on English cost data. However, the tools can be adapted to other countries and health systems, and also to other areas within and outside of health. Public and private sector organisations are not permitted to use the formulas and design to develop their own tools.

Disclaimer

The VfM tools and related materials is provided 'as is', 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, security and accuracy.

We do not warrant that the functions contained in the VfM tools will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or the server the tools sit on, are free of viruses.

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 arising out of or in connection with the use of the VfM tools.

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.

Links to external websites

Links contained in VfM materials and tools will lead to other websites which are not under our control. We are not responsible for the content of any linked site. Listing and linking should not be taken as an endorsement of any kind and we accept no liability in respect of the content. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and have no control over the availability of the linked pages.

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.

Updated March 2011

We may at any time revise these terms and conditions without notice. Please check regularly.