Copyright and IPR permission

These tools and documents were specifically developed for use within the National Audit of Care at the End of Life (NACEL). These tools have been made publicly available and should you choose to download them for uses outside of the NACEL, you are free to do so, but are hereby agreeing to enter into a royalty free, non-exclusive, licence agreement with Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) under the following terms and conditions:

• All information, software, products and related graphics contained in the audit tool or data collection form are provided for non-commercial purposes "as is" without warranty, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement of third party intellectual property rights. In no event shall HQIP be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages for loss of profits, revenue, data or use incurred by you or any third party, whether in action in contract, tort, or otherwise, arising from your access to, or use of, the audit tool or form. HQIP make no representations about the suitability, reliability, or timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products and related graphics contained in the audit tool or forms. HQIP reserves the right to make improvements, changes or updates to forms or tools at any time without notice.

Requests from external organisations to reproduce the NACEL documents (HQIP copyrighted materials) should be referred to HQIP. A copyright and IPR permission form should be sent to communications@hqip.org.uk, copying in the NACEL Support Team: nhsbn.nacelsupport@nhs.net.