We are constantly working to make our website as accessible and usable as possible.

AbilityNet provides guidance about how to:

• make your mouse easier to use (opens in new window)
• use your keyboard instead of a mouse (opens in new window)
• talk to your device (opens in new window)
• make your device talk to you (opens in new window)
• make text larger (opens in new window)
• change your colours (opens in new window)
• magnify the screen (opens in new window)

Code

Our website has been developed to best practice coding conventions following World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 (WCAG 2.2)

Consistent page headings and titles

A consistent heading structure has been used so that page information is compatible with access technology.

Browsers

The following browsers have been tested for compatibility:

• Google Chrome - latest version
• Firefox (Windows and Mac) - latest version
• Internet Explorer (Windows) v11.0
• Safari (Mac) - latest version

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible 

We are constantly working to improve the issues below when adding new content. 

• Most older PDF documents may not be accessible to screen reader software (see Accessibility dispensation)
• There may be some Issues with colour/contrast and some headers
• Some screen readers may not be compatible with the website
• Alt tags may be missing on some images
• AGAR and Register of Interests are not currently accessible (this is due to different legislation requirements not being compatible with each other)

Alternative formats

If you would like a publication in an alternative format please contact us through our general enquiries form.

They may be a small cost to cover postage if that is required

Leave feedback

We are always happy to receive feedback. Please use our online feedback form to let us know about any problems you have had or mail our website team.

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').