This accessibility statement applies to South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, www.swft.nhs.uk.

This website has been built to be as accessible as possible, meaning it is easy to use and understand for as many visitors as possible. For example, you should be able to:

  • Change colours, contrast levels and fonts.
  • Zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen.
  • Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard.
  • Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software.
  • Listen to most of the website using a screen reader.
  • We've also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

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

How accessible is this website

This website was built to be as accessible as possible:

  • Text can be resized through built in website tools, via a 3rd party plugin or via browser resizing options.
  • Care has been taken to ensure colour combinations deliver a contrast that allows visitors to easily read information. Modern browsers also enable custom user stylesheets to be applied.
  • Site uses HTML5 semantic mark-up and therefore performs well when read by screen readers.

We are committed to maintaining and improving the accessibility of our site. We know some parts of the website are not fully accessible:

  • A selection of images are missing alternative text descriptions.
  • Certain pdf documents are not accessible.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We're always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed above or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: communications@swft.nhs.uk. Please disclose the relevant page and provide us with as much detail as possible to help us correct the problem.

Reasonable adjustments

The Trust will make reasonable adjustments to accommodate accessibility requirement on request including the provision of information in alternative formats.

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) (opens in new window).

Technical information about this website's accessibility

South Warwickshire University 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

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 A/AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content, Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations and disproportionate burden. The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

  • There are a small number of editorial and technical malformed mark-ups - for example, image alternative text not being provided. These are being worked through methodically, with additional editor training provided where appropriate.
Content that's not within the scope of accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 (opens in new window) if they're not essential to providing our services.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was last reviewed on 14/08/2024.

This website is tested monthly. The approach has been to investigate a small representative selection of page types from the website using a manually run WCAG 2.2 compliant evaluation tool, and methodically resolve any issues. Issues causing the greatest impact have been prioritised.

We intend to work towards WCAG 2.2 A/AA compliance – and where feasible AAA compliance – by incrementally resolving issues as the number of pages investigated increases.

In time, we hope to be in a position where WCAG 2.2 evaluations are regularly scheduled and include all pages.