Accessibility statement for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB website
This accessibility statement applies to the notts.icb.nhs.uk public website. This website is run by NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board.
We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. This means you should be able to:
- change colours, contrast levels, and fonts using browser functionality.
- zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen.
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard.
- navigate most of the website using speech recognition software.
- interact with most of the website using a screen reader (including recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible, for example:
- you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- some visual content does not have alternative text descriptions
Feedback and contact information:
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please email nnicb-nn.comms@nhs.net or phone 0115 845 4545 to report this.
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
Email: nnicb-nn.comms@nhs.net
Phone: 0115 845 4545.
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 14 days.
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard. This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
Further audits have been carried out manually by the communications team who have reviewed the content on a sample of most frequently viewed pages.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with accessibility regulations
WCAG 2.2.1 Keyboard: The main menu, when expanded using the keyboard, cannot be closed.
- The keyboard focus is not visible in the Homepage carousel for one keyboard tab when tabbing between the previous arrow and ‘Find Out More’ button
- The keyboard focus is not visible for 2 keyboard tabs after tabbing from the Back to Top button. This is also an issue at 200% zoom as it tabs through the hamburger menu whilst it is closed. At 200% zoom and more, the keyboard focus is not visible on content within the hamburger menu.
- At 200% zoom, once the hamburger menu has been expanded, the keyboard tabs through all background content before tabbing into the menu.
WCAG 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus
- When hovering over the navigation bar dropdown menus, there is no mechanism to dismiss the additional content triggered without moving pointer hover of keyboard focus.
- Not every image has alternative text.
WCAG 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) and WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value
- All link names should be accessible by a screen reader and be descriptive enough to tell a user where that link will take them.
We are aware that some PDF documents have inaccessible content such as images without descriptions and tables that are not formatted correctly. We will continue to review these PDFs and assess how we can make this content more accessible. This review should be complete by April 2025. Wherever possible, we will avoid using PDFs, and instead create content as structured web pages.
To maintain a high standard of accessibility for new content, and improve existing content as outlined above under “How accessible this website is” (and further where possible), we regularly:
- review specific aspects of our site’s accessibility and usability
- conduct automatic and manual accessibility checks across the site
- correct errors or implement improvements and
- cascade best practice approaches to content editors.
Disproportionate burden
A disproportionate burden is being claimed to fix the following issues:
WCAG 2.2.1 Keyboard: The main menu, when expanded using the keyboard, cannot be closed.
- The keyboard focus is not visible in the Homepage carousel for one keyboard tab when tabbing between the previous arrow and ‘Find Out More’ button
- The keyboard focus is not visible for 2 keyboard tabs after tabbing from the Back to Top button. This is also an issue at 200% zoom as it tabs through the hamburger menu whilst it is closed. At 200% zoom and more, the keyboard focus is not visible on content within the hamburger menu.
- At 200% zoom, once the hamburger menu has been expanded, the keyboard tabs through all background content before tabbing into the menu.
WCAG 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus
- When hovering over the navigation bar dropdown menus, there is no mechanism to dismiss the additional content triggered without moving pointer hover of keyboard focus.
- Not every image has alternative text.
WCAG 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) and WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value
- All link names should be accessible by a screen reader and be descriptive enough to tell a user where that link will take them.
We are unable to fix the first four issues above whilst our website is hosted on its current outdated platform. We would need to move the website onto a new platform to fix all these issues.
We have assessed the cost of fixing the issues and believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will continue to keep this under review and will ensure that a new website platform is fully accessible when this is commissioned. This disproportionate burden will apply until April 2026 and will be reviewed against the organisation’s financial position at that time.
Correcting the fifth and sixth issues above, the non-text content and link purpose, will take significant time and resources as there are a few hundred images and hyperlinks to check and correct. We have assessed the resources needed to fix this and believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. This disproportionate burden will apply until December 2025.
We are aware that some historical PDF documents do still have inaccessible content such as images without descriptions and tables that are not formatted correctly. Some of these documents, such as meeting papers, contain hundreds of pages with detailed tables and large reports. We have assessed the resource it would take to fix these issues and believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. This disproportionate burden will apply until April 2026 and will be reviewed against the organisation’s financial position at that time.
People can request these documents in alternative formats by emailing nnicb-nn.comms@nhs.net or phoning 0115 845 4545.
We are working with our staff to produce information for our website in a more accessible format.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 16 January 2025.
The website was last tested on 28 October 2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. The test was carried out by the Government Digital Service. You can read the full accessibility test report
