The CSNAT (the tool itself) is protected by copyright, held by the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester and East Anglia. Therefore, a licence is required for all uses of the tool.
You can download the required licence agreement below. Please note, no amendments can be made to the terms and conditions of the agreement.
Please read the guidance below before requesting a licence. The licence is free of charge for health and social care professionals and researchers from non-commercial organisations.
Please contact us if you are from a commercial organisation at
- To obtain a licence for practice, training is required by all those implementing CSNAT-I in your organisation.
- Go to the training section for details on accessing the online CSNAT-I Training and Implementation Toolkit. The Toolkit has CPD accreditation, access is free of charge and has a simple registration process.
- After completion of training download a copy of the PRACTICE USE LICENCE AGREEMENT
- Please complete all the details requested, including confirmation of training
- The licence requires a signature from your organisation: ensure that the signatory is authorised to act on behalf of the organisation.
- Once completed, email the full licence document, not just the signature page, to gunn.grande@manchester.ac.uk and ge200@cam.ac.uk for approval. Please note your licence is not active until approved.
- Once the licence agreement is in place, you will receive a full set of CSNAT-I practice materials for use within your organisation and a copy of the full licence agreement signed by the Universities.
Go to the Research Use section to check the type of research licence needed and check analysis procedures
- No training is required because the CSNAT is being used only to identify domains of unmet support need, no carer support is provided based on CSNAT responses.
- Download a copy of the Research-R1 LICENCE AGREEMENT and complete details requested.
- The licence requires a signature from your organisation: ensure that the signatory is authorised to act on behalf of the organisation.
- Once completed, email the full licence document, not just the signature page, to and for approval. Please note your licence is not active until approved.
- Once the licence agreement is in place, you will receive a licensed copy of the CSNAT research tool to use in your research study and a copy of the full licence agreement signed by the Universities.
- For an R2 licence, training is required because carer support is provided based on CSNAT responses and the CSNAT is being used as part of a practice intervention.
- Go to the training section for details on accessing the online CSNAT-I Training and Implementation Toolkit.
- After completion of training download a copy of the Research-R2 LICENCE AGREEMENT. Please complete all the details requested, including confirmation of training.
- The licence requires a signature from your organisation: ensure that the signatory is authorised to act on behalf of the organisation.
- Once completed, email the full licence document, not just the signature page, to and for approval. Please note your licence is not active until approved.
- Once the licence agreement is in place, you will receive a full set of CSNAT-I practice materials for use within your research study and a copy of the full licence agreement signed by the Universities.
- If you wish to translate the CSNAT (v3.0) for use as a research tool, or for use within a practice intervention, visit the Translation section for more information, or access a copy of the Translation Process.
- Download a copy of the TRANSLATION LICENCE AGREEMENT and complete the details requested. The licence will be for one year to enable the translation process to be completed.
- The licence requires a signature from your organisation: ensure that the signatory is authorised to act on behalf of the organisation.
- Once completed, email the full licence document, not just the signature page, to gunn.grande@manchester.ac.uk and ge200@cam.ac.uk for approval. Please note your licence is not active until approved.
- Once the licencing process has been completed you will receive copies of the materials to be translated as appropriate to your use and a copy of the full licence agreement signed by the Universities.
- A licence is required if you request a copy of the CSNAT (the tool itself) to include in a systematic review.
- Download a copy of the SR LICENCE AGREEMENT and complete details requested.
- The licence requires a signature from your organisation: ensure that the signatory is authorised to act on behalf of the organisation.
- Once completed, email the full licence document, not just the signature page, to gunn.grande@manchester.ac.uk and ge200@cam.ac.uk for approval. Please note your licence is not active until approved.
- Once the licence agreement is in place, you will receive a licensed copy of the CSNAT (the tool itself) to use in the systematic review and a copy of the full licence agreement signed by the Universities.
- Copies of the CSNAT may only be made for the organisation(s) or research study and for the purpose documented on the licence.
- To maintain its integrity, the tool (CSNAT) is protected by copyright: no changes can be made to its instructions, questions or structure. This means that its wording, response categories, order of questions and copyright statement must remain intact.
- The licence does not give permission to incorporate the CSNAT (the tool itself) into electronic records. The CSNAT-I Support Plan can be put on an electronic record system to record the Stage 3 Assessment conversation. Download below a copy of the Guidance on use of CSNAT-I on e-record systems for more detailed information on CSNAT-I on electronic record systems.
- The licence does allow you to send the CSNAT to carers by post or email, as part of the delivery of CSNAT-I or as part of your research study and to circulate it electronically within your organisation/research team.
- Other than the use permitted by the CSNAT Licence, the CSNAT (the tool itself) must not be reproduced in its entirety in any publication or report or online or otherwise shared or made available to the general public in any form or in any media. No more than four domains/questions may be shown on any presentation. For further information, contact [email address].
- Copyright notices and acknowledgements must be included on all copies of the CSNAT.
- The following acknowledgement of use of the CSNAT must be included in any publications relating to its use: The CSNAT is a copyright tool which requires a licence for its use. For details about accessing the CSNAT and the licensing process, please visit http://csnat.org.