Guidelines

The NHS South Central website is currently being designed and built to meet guidelines (where possible) using the following conventions World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0)

All templates have been successfully validated to XHTML 1.0 strict

Text size

You can increase or decrease the size of text on this website using the symbols situated at the top of every page. The larger A increases the text size and the smaller A decreases.

Access keys

This website uses the UK Government Standard for Access keys which are as follows:

S = Skip to content
1 = Home page
2 = News
3 = Sitemap
4 = Search
8 = Disclaimer
9 = Feedback / contact us
0 = Access Keys / Accessibility

If you have difficulty using the above action keys, please let us know. Some access keys can interfere with user specific accessibility software.

Please also remember that different browsers use different methods for operating access keys, the list below may help

Firefox uses the combination Alt + Shift + Number
Windows press Alt + the relevant number/letter
Apple Mac press Ctrl + the relevant number/letter

NHS South Central want your journey around the website to be as smooth and as informative as possible. If you have any difficulties using any of the accessibility features or sections of the site please let us know