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15 | 15 | <div class="nhsuk-grid-column-two-thirds nhsuk-u-margin-bottom-4"> |
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17 | 17 | <h1 class="nhsuk-heading-l">Accessibility Statement</h1> |
18 | | - <p>The Choose if data from your health records is shared for research and planning website is run by The NHS.</p> |
19 | | - <p>We want everyone to be able to use this website.</p> |
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21 | | - <h2 class="nhsuk-heading-m">How accessible this website is</h2> |
22 | | - <p>We're committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.</p> |
23 | | - <p>This site is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.</p> |
24 | | - <p>You should be able to:</p> |
25 | | - <ul> |
26 | | - <li>change colours, contrast levels and fonts</li> |
27 | | - <li>zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen</li> |
28 | | - <li>navigate most of the website using just a keyboard</li> |
29 | | - <li>navigate most of the website using speech recognition software</li> |
30 | | - <li>listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)</li> |
31 | | - </ul> |
32 | | - |
33 | | - <h2 class="nhsuk-heading-m">Issue with Dragon NaturallySpeaking removing content from edit boxes</h2> |
34 | | - <p>For some Dragon NaturallySpeaking users the tool may delete or remove the content you’ve dictated from input fields after you click continue. If this happens use keyboard commands to continue.</p> |
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36 | | - <h2 class="nhsuk-heading-m">What to do if you can't access parts of this website</h2> |
37 | | - <p>We have <a href="">information about your choice in other languages and formats.</a></p> |
38 | | - <p>You can <a href="">make your choice by phone or by post.</a></p> |
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40 | | - <h2 class="nhsuk-heading-m">Reporting accessibility problems with this website</h2> |
41 | | - <p>Contact us to tell us about any accessibility problems or to give us feedback.</p> |
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43 | | - <h3 class="nhsuk-heading-xs nhsuk-u-margin-0">By email</h3> |
44 | | - <p><a href="" >[email protected]</a></p> |
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46 | | - <h3 class="nhsuk-heading-xs nhsuk-u-margin-0">By phone</h3> |
47 | | - <p>0300 303 5678<br> |
48 | | - Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm excluding bank holidays</p> |
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50 | | - <h2 class="nhsuk-heading-m">By using the Next Generation Text service</h2> |
51 | | - <p>If you are Deaf, have hearing loss or have difficulty speaking you can contact us using the Next Generation Text (NGT) service.</p> |
52 | | - <p>To call us using the Next Generation Text service, dial 18001 followed by 0300 303 5678.</p> |
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54 | | - <h2 class="nhsuk-heading-m">Enforcement procedure</h2> |
55 | | - <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations.</a></p> |
56 | | - <p>If you're not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the <a href="">Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).</a></p> |
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58 | | - <h2 class="nhsuk-heading-m">How we tested this website</h2> |
59 | | - <p>This website was last tested on 31 July 2023.</p> |
60 | | - <p>The test was carried out by an NHS England developer.</p> |
61 | | - <p>We tested:</p> |
62 | | - <ul> |
63 | | - <li><a href="">Our main website</a></li> |
64 | | - <li><a href="">Our online service</a></li> |
65 | | - </ul> |
66 | | - |
67 | | - <h2 class="nhsuk-heading-m">Last updated</h2> |
68 | | - <p>This accessibility statement was prepared on 15 December 2021.</p> |
69 | | - <p>This accessibility statement was last updated on 13 March 2023.</p> |
| 18 | + <p>This accessibility statement applies to the Change your home address service.</p> |
| 19 | +<p>We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. This means you should be able to:</p> |
| 20 | +<ul> |
| 21 | +<li>change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser functionality</li> |
| 22 | +<li>zoom in up to 400 per cent without the text spilling off the screen</li> |
| 23 | +<li>navigate most of the website using just a keyboard</li> |
| 24 | +<li>navigate most of the website using speech recognition software</li> |
| 25 | +<li>interact with most of the website using a screen reader (including recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)</li> |
| 26 | +</ul> |
| 27 | +<p>We also try to make the website text as simple as possible to understand.</p> |
| 28 | +<p>If you have a disability, <a href="https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/">search AbilityNet for "how to" guides</a> to make your device easier to use.</p> |
| 29 | +<h2>How accessible this website is</h2> |
| 30 | +<p>This website is fully compliant with the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1</a> AA standard.</p> |
| 31 | +<h2>Enforcement procedure</h2> |
| 32 | +<p>If you contact us with a complaint and you are not happy with our response, <a href="https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/">contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)</a>.</p> |
| 33 | +<p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/952/contents/made/">Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 on legislation.gov.uk</a> (the "accessibility regulations").</p> |
| 34 | +<h2>Technical information about this website's accessibility</h2> |
| 35 | +<p>We're committed to making this website accessible in accordance with the accessibility regulations.</p> |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +<h3>Compliance status</h3> |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +<p>This website is fully compliant with the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1</a> AA standard.</p> |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +<h2>Content that's not within the scope of the accessibility regulations</h2> |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +<p>Areas of the service which fail to meet the WCAG 2.1 AAA requirements, but are not within the scope of the accessibility regulations:</p> |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +<ul> |
| 46 | + <li>Links are present that do not indicate that they will open in a new browser window.</li> |
| 47 | + <li>Some text content difficult to read due to the colour contrast of foreground and background colours.</li> |
| 48 | + <li>Acronyms are present that are not expanded in their first instance.</li> |
| 49 | + <li>Multiple generic links are present that are not descriptive out of context.</li> |
| 50 | +</ul> |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +<h2>What we're doing to improve accessibility</h2> |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +<p>We have published tools and guidance on accessibility in the <a href="https://service-manual.nhs.uk/">NHS digital service manual</a> based on extensive testing. The service manual helps our teams build products and services to meet the same accessibility standards.</p> |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +<p>At NHS England, creating an accessible service is a team effort. We want our teams to make accessible services by:</p> |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +<ul> |
| 59 | + <li>considering accessibility at the start of their project, and throughout</li> |
| 60 | + <li>making accessibility the whole team's responsibility</li> |
| 61 | + <li>researching with disabled users</li> |
| 62 | + <li>using a library of accessible components and patterns</li> |
| 63 | + <li>carrying out regular accessibility audits and testing</li> |
| 64 | + <li>designing and building to level AA of WCAG 2.1 – which is NHS Digital policy</li> |
| 65 | +</ul> |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +<p>As part of this commitment, we have set up a cross-functional accessibility working group to make sure that accessibility remains at the core of everything we do.</p> |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +<p>We are making sure that accessibility issues highlighted in this statement are being prioritised and fixed.</p> |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +<h3>Preparation of this accessibility statement</h3> |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +<p>This website was tested in April 2025 by Dig Inclusion who performed an expert evaluation of the service against all level A and AA success criteria of WCAG 2.1.</p> |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +<p>Content was selected to make sure a good representation of different pages, templates and components were tested as well as key content and user journeys.</p> |
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