Terms & Conditions

This Website is operated by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).  Its registered office is at 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London. NW1 4LE. RCP is a registered charity, number 210508.

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Unless stated otherwise, the RCP maintains copyright on the information published on this site. The design of the website is owned by the RCP and we own or have licence to use the photographs found on the website.

Logos, names and images identifying the RCP are the proprietary marks of the Royal College of Physicians (registered charity no. 210508) and our subsidiaries. You are prohibited by law from reproducing them.

The material and information contained on the Website is for general information only and does not constitute any form of offer for sale (except for products available to purchase on our online sales website at www.rcplondon.ac.uk/publications), advice or recommendation by RCP. You should not rely on the material or information on the Website as a basis for making any business, legal or other decisions. You should seek appropriate independent advice before making any such decisions.

RCP does not warrant or represent and excludes all warranties or representations that the material and information, including advertising material, on the Website is accurate, true or complete or that it is free of viruses or that it does not contain any material which is defamatory, obscene or illegal in any way.

In no circumstances will RCP be liable to you or any other third parties for any loss or damage (whether direct or indirect, including loss of profits, loss of opportunity or any consequential loss) resulting from or in any way connected with your use of the Website or its content, whether caused by negligence, misrepresentation, breach of any statutory duty, or breach of contract or otherwise. RCP does not limit or exclude its liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence.

You may access other websites via hypertext links from the Website. You use such links and other websites entirely at your own risk. Such websites are provided by independent third parties and RCP accepts no responsibility for the availability, content or use of such websites or information contained on them.

You agree to indemnify and to keep RCP indemnified from and against any costs, claims, demands, expenses and liabilities suffered or incurred by RCP arising from or which is directly or indirectly related to your access to and/or use of the Website and/or any other person or entity's use of the Website where such person or entity was able to access the Website using your password.

RCP reserves the right to assign or transfer all or any of its rights and obligations under these terms and conditions to any of its group companies or to any other third party. In the event of assignment or transfer, notification will be given to you by messages posted on the Website.

Failure by RCP to exercise or enforce any right conferred upon it shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such right nor operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement of that or any other right on any later occasion.. 

RCP reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions from time to time. Such changes will be notified to you by messages on the Website. Changes in this manner shall be deemed to have been accepted if you continue to use the Website after a period of 2 (two) weeks from the date of transmission of the e-mail or of posting on the Website, whichever occurs later. 

These terms are governed by and will be interpreted in accordance with English law. The English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any claim or dispute which may arise out of or in connection with these terms and conditions.

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