Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) website: abuhb.nhs.wales

This website is run by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• Zoom in up to 200% without the text spilling off the screen- find out how.
• Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver
• Read some documents that are in the format of a PDF (Portable Document Format) - find out how.

We have 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 is this website?

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

1. Some pages contain text that has poor colour contrast 
2. Some pages contain headings that are not logically ordered
3. Some pages are not fully usable with the keyboard
4. Some pages have an illogical focus order

 

Feedback and Contact Information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please contact abb.enquiries@wales.nhs.uk in the first instance and we will pass your request onto the relevant team, who will consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.

 

Reporting Accessibility Problems with this Website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact: abb.enquiries@wales.nhs.uk

 

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 are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

 

Technical Details About this Website’s Accessibility

Aneurin Bevan University Health 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 Statement

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

 

Non-Compliance with the Accessibility Regulations

Whilst we endeavour to meet ‘WCAG 2.1 AA’ we currently have the following non-compliance issues:

 

1. Headings on some pages are not in a logical nested order. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships Level A
2. Some elements have an illogical focus order.  This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.3 Focus Order Level A

 

Disproportionate Burden

Whilst we will prioritise patient information to ensure it is digitally accessible wherever possible, we know there are some sections of our website of a corporate nature, which are not currently accessible and have been produced since September 2018. 

For these sections, we will identify where we know documents are non-compliant and provide contact details wherever possible.  As documentation is renewed in the future, we will ensure digital accessibility is considered.

Currently, these sections are listed as below (and subject to change):

• Board or Committee papers
• Performance reports that may contain complex reporting/statistical data
• Policies and Procedures produced since September 2018
• Publications linked from our Freedom of Information pages – including disclosure logs
• Publications that may have been professionally produced since September 2018, which would have to be fixed by a third party

 

Navigation and Accessing Information

• There’s no way to skip the repeated content in the page header (for example, a ‘skip to main content’ option).
• It’s not always possible to change the device orientation from horizontal to vertical without making it more difficult to view the content.
• It’s not possible for users to change text size without some of the content overlapping.

 

Content That is Not Within Scope of Accessibility Regulations

PDFs and Other Documents

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we occasionally have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, patient information leaflets and forms published as Word documents. By early 2023, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages or online forms.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services. We do not plan to fix any PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018, for example Board and Committee Papers, Health Board policies and procedure documentation or statutory documentation, such as Annual Reports. However, we will endeavour to make any new PDFs or Word documents accessible wherever possible.

We occasionally publish PDFs that contain ‘transcripts/scanned manuscripts or handwritten notes’ for example in FOI requests - these are outside of scope and will not be fixed.

 

Live Video

We do not plan to add captions to live audio or video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.  However, we will always aim to provide subtitled versions of pre-recorded videos produced.

 

Preparation of this Accessibility Statement

This statement was prepared on 30th June 2023. It will be reviewed on or before June 2024.

This website was tested on 5th June 2023 using a combination of Wave, Axe, Lighthouse and manual testing.

If you experience any accessibility issue on this site or have any comment, please contact us at abb.enquiries@wales.nhs.uk.