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1 Overview
This is an audit report of the Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber (RDaSH) website to find and report accessibility issues. The audit was performed on 12 September 2024 using Silktide. Only issues related to WCAG 2.2 AA are identified.
The audit aims to highlight any issues found and offer recommendations on how to fix them and prevent issues in the future.
Silktide gives links to the specific pages and PDFs where the issues are flagged and offers advice on how to fix them.
2 Automated checks
| Name | Success criterion | Issues |
|---|---|---|
| Tag all PDFs | WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1 | 100 |
| Ensure PDFs have a title | WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.2 | 95 |
| Ensure PDFs are machine readable | WCAG 2.0 A 1.1.1 | 40 |
| Specify headings for every PDF | WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1 | 123 |
| Ensure PDFs specify a default language | WCAG 2.0 A 3.1.1 | 89 |
| Ensure PDF headings follow a logical order | WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1 | 18 |
| Ensure the first heading in a PDF is a H1 | WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1 | 14 |
| Ensure long PDFs use bookmarks to aid navigation | WCAG 2.0 AA 2.4.5 | 18 |
| Improve weak PDF titles | WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.2 | 4 |
3 Assisted checks
| Name | Success criterion | Issues |
|---|---|---|
| Check PDFs have sufficient text contrast | WCAG 2.0 A 1.4.3 | 157 |
| Ensure PDF content is in a meaningful sequence | WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.2 | 157 |
| Check that each page has an appropriate title | WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.2 | 849 |
| Ensure alternative text is appropriate | WCAG 2.0 A 1.1.1 | 628 |
| Check images have been correctly defined as decorative | WCAG 2.0 A 1.1.1 | 1 |
4 Other issues
4.1 Documents
There are several Word documents and some Excel documents on the website.
It is possible that these documents do not meet accessibility guidelines and may have the same issues flagged for PDFs.
4.2 Images
A number of images are poor resolution, which means they become pixilated when zoomed in to 400%.
Other images that contain information are difficult to read on mobile devices.
This effectively renders the images not fit for purpose as the graphical representation cannot be read in certain situations.
These issues relate to WCAG 2.1 AA 1.4.10 reflow.
5 Recommendations
5.1 PDF related issues
- Tag all PDFs: WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1
- Ensure PDFs have a title: WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.2
- Ensure PDFs are machine readable: WCAG 2.0 A 1.1.1
- Specify headings for every PDF: WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1
- Ensure PDFs specify a default language: WCAG 2.0 A 3.1.1
- Ensure PDF headings follow a logical order: WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1
- Ensure the first heading in a PDF is a H1: WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1
- Ensure long PDFs use bookmarks to aid navigation: WCAG 2.0 AA 2.4.5
- Improve weak PDF titles: WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.2
- 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
5.1.1 Recommendations
- Remove all PDFs from the website.
- Decide if current PDF content needs to be on the website.
- Recreate PDFs as HTML pages where possible.
- Ensure that any PDFs deemed necessary for the website meet WCAG 2.2 guidelines.
5.2 Document related issues
See identified PDF issues above. It is possible that other documents have the same issues.
5.2.1 Recommendations
- Remove all documents from the website.
- Decide if content in documents need to be on the website.
- Recreate documents as HTML pages where possible.
- Ensure that any documents deemed necessary for the website meet WCAG 2.2 guidelines.
5.3 Image related issues
- Ensure alternative text is appropriate: WCAG 2.0 A 1.1.1
- Check images have been correctly defined as decorative: WCAG 2.0 A 1.1.1
- Reflow: WCAG 2.1 AA 1.4.10
5.3.1 Recommendations
- Check all images and identify issues.
- Remove any images that may create issues.
- Decide if the images are needed on the website.
- Ensure that images deemed necessary meet WCAG 2.2 guidelines.
5.4 Other issues
Check that each page has an appropriate title: WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.2.
5.4.1 Recommendations
- Manually check listed pages
- Dismiss page titles deemed acceptable
- Flag problematic titles
- Agree how to address problematic page titles
6 Further recommendations
Adopt an accessibility first approach to all content creation. This approach should include websites, social media, staff app, intranet, video, emails, documents and internal systems.
Adopt the NHS Digital content guide as the official trust style guide.
Ensure that all staff involved with creating and adding content are trained in how to meet WCAG requirements. This includes graphic design and print services.
Reduce the number of websites the trust operates as a matter of urgency to reduce the risk of breaching WCAG guidelines, and the resource required to maintain.
Page last reviewed: October 17, 2024
Next review due: October 17, 2025
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