Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to the content published on www.rdash.nhs.uk.

This website is run by Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH). We want all of our services to be inclusive and this includes our website. We want to make our information as accessible as we can to all visitors to our site and have designed it with this in mind.

For example, you should be able to:

• navigate the website using just a keyboard
• listen to the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
• zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen

We have tried to make all text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet (opens in a new window) has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Feedback and contact information

We are always looking at improving our website. While we do use some automated tools to help us identify any accessibility problems with our site, our team are only human.

If you find any problems not listed on this page or have any suggestions, please contact:

• Email: rdash.rdashcommunications@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 contact us with a complaint and you’re not happy with our response contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) (opens in a new window).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

RDaSH is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations (2018).

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with level AA standard of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 (opens in a new window).

In response to the audit recommendations, we removed or converted all documents to HTML. However, for operational needs we have allowed some non-compliant documents to be re-added to the website. Where possible, we have an accessible HTML alternative for each document.

Non-accessible content

We have worked hard to convert most of our content into accessible HTML format. However, there are a small number of documents that are non-compliant in these areas:

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

• PDF documents must be tagged to ensure accessibility and compliance with digital standards (WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1)
• specify headings for every PDF (WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1)
• ensure PDF headings follow a logical order (WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1)
• check PDFs have sufficient text contrast (WCAG 2.0 A 1.4.3)
• ensure PDF content is in a meaningful sequence (WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.2)
• check that each page has an appropriate title (WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.2)
• check that headings and labels are descriptive (WCAG 2.0 AA 2.4.6)

We aim to have all content on this site fully compliant by the end of March 2025.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 23 October 2024. It was last reviewed on 7 November 2024.

How we tested this website

On 13 September 2024 we carried out manual and automated accessibility audits on the whole of the RDaSH website, including all documents, against level A and AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.2.

You can read the full version of our audit below:

• website accessibility audit September 2024

We used the Silktide accessibility platform to carry out assisted checks and we also sought external professional advice on our manual checks.

Page last reviewed: November 18, 2024
Next review due: November 18, 2025