Glossary

Sustainability | NICE

GPs and primary care | NICE

NICE - File not found

Freedom of information | NICE

Our committees | NICE

Supporting the health and care system in improving productivity | NICE

Executive team | NICE

Corporate publications | NICE

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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National Institute for Clincial Excellence

	Title / URL	Issues
	Glossarywww.nice.org.uk/Glossary?letter=E	3
	Sustainability \| NICEwww.nice.org.uk/about-us/sustainability	3
	GPs and primary care \| NICEwww.nice.org.uk/get-involved/gps-and-primary-care	3
	NICE - File not foundwww.nice.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	3
	Glossarywww.nice.org.uk/Glossary?letter=Z	3
	Freedom of information \| NICEwww.nice.org.uk/freedom-of-information	3
	Our committees \| NICEwww.nice.org.uk/get-involved/our-committees	3
	Supporting the health and care system in improving productivity \| NICEwww.nice.org.uk/productivity	3
	Executive team \| NICEwww.nice.org.uk/about-us/executive-team	3
	Corporate publications \| NICEwww.nice.org.uk/about-us/corporate-publications	3

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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