Accessibility Statement
Accessibility statement for www.stockport.nhs.uk
This accessibility statement applies to www.stockport.nhs.uk
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- Links across the website are not accessible using the key board
- At 200% zoom, content is partially cut off and not fully visible for users
- At 400% zoom, the webpages do not reflow properly, the user has to scroll horizontally to see full content
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- Pages do not have a language attribute
- Colour contrast across the site is poor
Feedback and contact information
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: communications@stockport.nhs.uk.
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 14 days.
If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us for directions.
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
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) [2.1 or 2.2] AA standard.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the exemptions listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Disproportionate burden
- Links across the website are not accessible using the key board
- At 200% zoom, content is partially cut off and not fully visible for users
- At 400% zoom, the webpages do not reflow properly, the user has to scroll horizontally to see full content
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- Pages do not have a language attribute
- Colour contrast across the site is poor
We’ve assessed the cost of fixing these issues. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We are currently building a new website which will address all accessibility issues, with the new website launched likely end July 2024.
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.
Live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We are in the process of building a new website that will address all accessibility concerns mentioned in this statement. We will update our accessibility statement accordingly until the new website is live.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 21st March 2024. It was last reviewed on 21st March 2024.
This website was last tested in August 2023 against the WCAG 2.1 AA standard by the Government Digital Service.