Website accessibility statement for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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This accessibility statement applies to Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s website and applies to content published on the homerton.nhs.uk domains. It does not apply to other domains with associated names or subdomains, please view individual sites for their accessibility statements.

This website is run by Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. 

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most 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 is this website

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

  • some of our documents are not correctly tagged 
  • our homepage is navigable using a keyboard, however we're aware that some screen reader software may not not be reading the row of links 'Patients and Visitors', 'Rehabilitation' 'Our Services' and 'Children's Services' on the homepage correctly. 
  • some pages and documents have poor colour contrast
  • some pages and documents are not written in clear enough English 
  • some of our online forms are difficult to navigate
  • our cookies banner is not fully visible at 400% zoom without scrolling horizontally
  • when using keyboard navigation, the cookies banner receives focus last even though it is at the top of the page
  • keyboard focus is not fully visible on the AccessAble button
  • the keyboard focus is not always visible when tabbing at 200% zoom
  • some of our interactive elements (eg links) are not far enough apart  

Feedback and contact information

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact the communications team via email at huh-tr.communications@nhs.net.

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

We are committed to providing an accessible website, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

  • some of our documents are not correctly tagged. This fails WCAG 2.0 success criterion 1.3.1 (info and relationships)
  • our homepage is navigable using a keyboard, however we're aware that some screenreader software may not not be reading the row of links 'Patients and Visitors', 'Rehabilitation' 'Our Services' and 'Children's Services' on the homepage correctly.  This fails WCAG success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role, value). We are working closely with our supplier to review and improve this.
  • some pages and documents have poor colour contrast. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.3 (contrast)
  • some pages and documents are not written in clear enough English. This fails WCAG 2.0 success criterion 3.1.5 (reading level)
  • some of our online forms are difficult to navigate. This fails WCAG 2.0 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role, value)
  • our cookies banner is not fully visible at 400% zoom without scrolling horizontally. This fails WCAG success criterion 1.4.10 (reflow)
  • when using keyboard navigation, the cookies banner receives focus last even though it is at the top of the page. This fails WCAG success criterion 2.4.3 (focus order)
  • keyboard focus is not fully visible on the AccessAble button. This fails WCAG success criterion 2.4.3 (focus visible)
  • the keyboard focus is not always visible when tabbing at 200% zoom. This fails WCAG success criterion 2.4.3 (focus order)
  • some of our interactive elements (eg links) are not far enough apart. This fails WCAG 2.0 success criterion 2.5.8 (target size)

This may not be a complete list as we are still identifying and assessing some accessibility issues. 

We are actively working to address accessibility issues as part of ongoing work to improve the accessibility of this website. 

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 7 April 2025.

This website was last tested in March 2025. The test was completed with the Government Digital Service and our CMS provider VerseOne. We also use tools such as Silktide, an automated tool which scans our website to highlight any accessibility issues.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We plan to identify and fix issues on a continuous basis, and ensure all new content added to this website meets accessibility guidelines.

We are undertaking regular audits with our CMS provider to check and fix accessibility issues. 

Our accessibility toolbar

We have an accessibilty toolbar built in to our website to provide you with tools to change the text size and contrast/colour scheme on our website.  To use the toolbar, please click on 'Accessibility' at the top of our website — this will appear under the menu (click the three horizontal lines on the right of the screen) if you're viewing our website on your mobile.