Disclaimer

Disclaimer & Terms and conditions of use and access of the ScotPHO website.

The Scottish Public Health Observatory collaboration operates this web-site [ScotPHO] to bring together Public Health related information for Scotland.  Any information appearing on the ScotPHO website is issued as general information and does not constitute a warranty by the ScotPHO collaboration, nor should it be taken as advice. No responsibility can be accepted by the ScotPHO collaboration for action or inaction as a result of information contained on the ScotPHO website. Readers should take specific advice in respect of specific situations.

The use and access of pages of the ScotPHO website is subject to the terms and conditions set out below and by the disclaimer above. By using or accessing this website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

Copyright

For details of copyright information please see the Copyright Statement.

Links to other Websites

The provision on the ScotPHO website of a link to another Website does not constitute any authorisation to access material held at that location. Links to sites are provided for informational purposes only and no responsibility is accepted for the quality of resources to be found on such websites. The contents and material made available on linked sites are completely outwith our control and as such no liability is accepted for any damages resulting from accessing or failing to access these sites. No endorsement is expressed or implied by the presence of a link on the ScotPHO website. The contents of a linked-to website may change without our knowledge and as a result, links may break or may terminate on pages which were not the original targets of a link. No responsibility or liability for the privacy of personal information is accepted for linked to websites, as these are beyond our control.

Warranties

The resources contained on the ScotPHO website, including all files that are authorised for download or access, are provided on an "as is" basis and without any warranties. Although files are virus checked these cannot guarantee that files are free from computer viruses and no warranty is given that files downloaded or accessed from the ScotPHO Website are free of computer viruses. No warranties are made as to fitness for purpose, quality or completeness of information. The ScotPHO collaboration excludes any liability for any errors in or omissions in information provided on or linked to from this website.

Reliability of information

The ScotPHO collaboration uses its best efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of information on the ScotPHO website in accordance with the policies defined for SHOW. However, no guarantees are made that the information contained on ScotPHO or associated, or linked to websites is accurate, complete and current at any given time. Information presented on ScotPHO or associated sites may be changed at any time. The resources made available on the ScotPHO website are intended to assist users in Scotland in understanding the Public's Health and are for information only. The ScotPHO website is not intended in any way to replace the advice of your doctor. Nothing on this website is intended to constitute advice to you. Specific advice should be sought in specific situations from a properly qualified health worker. Content on ScotPHO is governed by a number of policies and guidelines. Users of the ScotPHO website agree to inform the SHOW service providers (by email: nss.showteam@nhs.net) if they should come across any material contained which they consider to be potentially in breach of any of the published SHOW policies or of any relevant legislation in order for the appropriate remedial action to be taken.

Availability of the ScotPHO website

Although the ScotPHO website has been tested and should work correctly under normal circumstances. There are many factors both within and outside of the control of the ScotPHO collaboration which may prevent the website from being available to users of the world-wide-web. No responsibility is accepted by the ScotPHO collaboration for any losses that may arise from an inability to access resources on this site. Where a user finds a specific error in the coding of a web page, or where he/she considers a page to be in breach of accessibility or other published policies of the ScotPHO website, it is a condition of use of this site that the ScotPHO web team [graham.lockhart@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk] be notified in order that appropriate action may be taken.

Governing laws

The terms and conditions of use of the Scottish Public Health Observatory [ScotPHO] website shall be governed by the laws of Scotland.