Accessibility Test Report

Accessibility Test Report for The Health Informatics Service website.

This website was last tested on 6th August 2021. We use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines V2.1 level A and level AA to test how accessible this.nhs.uk is. We used this approach to decide on a sample of pages to test:

Looked at all mediums used on the site for example text, images, maps, videos, forms etc
Added at least one page per item to our sample list
Always include the homepage

How we checked

The test was carried out by The Health Informatics Service Web Department. Automated tests were used to check the accessibility of the site but they do not show most accessibility issues. We used Lighthouse to audit each page in the sample for accessibility issues. We used Wave and Axe DevTools to test for accessibility issues on pages that do not need users to sign in. Errors found were correlated and checked manually. A keyboard, tab through and zoom check was done. These tests were completed using a Google Chrome browser on Windows 10 with a 14 inch screen.

Pages we checked

The issues we found

2.4.9 Link Purpose (Link Only) (Level AAA) - Links witht he same accesssible name do not serve a similar purpose
1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose (Level AA) - Autocomplete attribute is not used correctly

What our customers have to say

“THIS have provided Spectrum Community Health with quality service for over 10 years. They consistently strive to meet our IT needs and digital ambitions in a supportive partnership approach.”

Sharon Hardcastle
Director of Finance, Spectrum Community Health CIC

Judy has asked for Spectrums thanks to be passed on to the Service Desk and all support staff for the efforts we are going to help and support them.

Judy Threlfall-Sykes
Head of Digital, Spectrum Community Health CIC

“Really want to thank Daniel P for all his help, he was really patient and helpful. Clearly communicated what he was doing and that he would contact me back to test that things were working.”

CHFT

"Problem quickly resolved and gave information about how to resolve in the future.”

Wakefield CCG

Who we work with

Supporting organisations throughout the UK

Across the UK, we work closely with NHS and healthcare organisations in many different locations. From our roots in Yorkshire, we support clients across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

Examples of our NHS clients include London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital and hospital trusts in Southampton, Oxford, Cambridge, Nottingham, Derby, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Middlesbrough, North Tees & Hartlepool, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire and Glasgow.

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Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
_ga	Used to identify unique users. Once set you will be identified as a returning user.	2 years	HTML	Google
_gat	Used to throttle request rate.	1 day	HTML	Google
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