We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. The website features software (Recite Me) that provides web content in a variety of formats to make content more accessible with easy speech, reading and translation tools including:
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand, aiming for a reading age of a 12 year old.
Some of our content is technical, and we use technical terms where there is no easier wording we could use without changing what the text means.
If you have a disability then AbilityNet has advice to help you make your device easier to use.
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:
If you have problems accessing information on this website, or would like any of our work in a different format like a more accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording, or braille:
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 3 working days.
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website.
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact kccg.contactus@nhs.net.
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).
NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The vast majority of our website works correctly on any web technology.
However, this website no longer supports Internet Explorer, as this browser is now at the end of its lifecycle. Read more information about the withdrawal of IE support.
We are aware of the following issues within the links on our site:
We scan the site weekly for broken links, and look to fix them as soon as they are identified.
PDFs are not able to comply with the requirements of the web accessibility standard, and we do not generally upload new PDFs. Where we do create new PDFs, we use the PDF/A standard which is more accessible.
Our site contains a large number of PDFs created in previous years, especially in our policies and procedures.
Where these are no longer being updated, we do not intend to recreate them in accessible versions as this would be a disproportionate burden. The accessibility regulations don’t require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
By March 2021 we intend to have completed the process of converting PDFs still in active use into accessible web formats.
We do not generally add new PDFs to our site. There are some exceptions:
We also have a number of forms in Microsoft Word format, which are not accessible. We will either replace these with accessible HTML forms, or remove them, by March 2021.
We strive to make all of our content accessible. We are aware of the following issues with images and video on our site:
We plan to add text alternatives for all images by October 2020. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
There are some issues with text and content which we are aware of:
We are resolving the content issues as content comes up through its annual review cycle, and this should be largely complete by December 2021.
We are not going to fix page titles, as the content is still understandable, and changing titles might cause compliance issues
This website was and is currently being tested for compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines V2.1 level A and level AA, and these tests have been carried out internally.
We used the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) approach to deciding on a sample of pages to test.
We are actively looking to improve the accessibility on our website.
The improvements below have been identified on our current work schedule.
Target date | Item of work | Type of work | Status |
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October 2020 | Finish removing unclear links, like ‘click here’ | Content | Complete |
October 2020 | Add text alternatives to images | Content | In progress |
January 2021 | Change background colour of website to grey in order to better serve dyslexic users | Developer | Complete |
December 2021 | Target reading age of 12 | Content | Ongoing |
This statement was prepared on 12 September 2020.
This website was last tested on 1 September. The test was carried out by NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group.
This website uses Recite Me. Recite Me is an innovative Cloud based web accessibility solution which allows you the visitor to customise this website the way you need it to work for you. Easy to use, the software includes text to speech functionality, dyslexia software, an interactive dictionary, a translation tool with over 100 languages and many other features.