Accessibility statement for UK Health Security Agency – BUMPS best use of medicines in pregnancy

This accessibility statement applies to: https://www.medicinesinpregnancy.org/

This website is run by UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
•  listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• a visible focus indicator is missing on some interactive elements – including the main logo
• page titles are not unique and descriptive
• the language of pages has not been set
• alternative text is not descriptive or accurate for many images – including linked (functional) images and CAPTCHAs
• there is insufficient contrast to read some text and graphics comfortably
• you cannot skip to the main content on pages as this function isn’t provided
• when pages are zoomed in (up to 400%) content and/or functionality is lost – including the cookies message and form inputs
• there are issues with focus order and illogical sequences of content for assistive technology users
• some forms have not been labelled properly, some do not have errors provided in text and some have error messages which may not be sufficient to help users recover
• accordion components do not announce their expanded or collapsed states to screen readers
• autocomplete tokens have not been used on some form inputs
• a carousel component on the homepage autorotates without the option for users to stop or pause

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille please contact us by telephoning the service on 0191 213 7880.

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 us for directions.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

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 us on 0191 213 7880.

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

UK Health Security Agency – BUMPS best use of medicines in pregnancy 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 version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Images

• several informative images across pages do not have sufficient alternative text descriptions –including CAPTHCHA and linked (functional) images (Non-Text Content 1.1.1, Link Purpose in Context 2.4.4)

Structure

• ARIA Landmarks are missing from pages templates throughout (Information and Relationships 1.3.1)
  
• the default language of the page has not been provided (Language of Page 3.1.1)
  
• page titles are not unique or descriptive throughout (Page Titled 2.4.2)
  
• the structure of content for the cookie banner causes an illogical reading order (Meaningful Sequence 1.3.2)
  
• the structure of content in the Leaflets section causes an illogical focus order (Focus Order 2.4.3)
  
• Parsing issues have been found: HTML has not been nested according to the spec (Parsing 4.1.1)

Zoom

• content/functionality is lost when page is zoomed in (up to 400%) (Reflow 1.4.10)

Forms

• forms have not been labelled correctly and error messages have not been programmatically associated with inputs (Information and Relationships 1.3.1)
• some errors have not provided for users in text (Error Identification 3.3.1) 
  
• autocomplete tokens are missing on form inputs capturing personal data (Identify Input Purpose 1.3.5)
  
• some error messages were insufficient to help users to recover (Error Suggestion 3.3.3)

Contrast

• there is insufficient contrast for important graphics – including icons and carousel controls (Non-Text Contrast 1.4.11)
  
• there is insufficient contrast for text across pages (Contrast Minimum 1.4.3)
  
• there is insufficient contrast for the focus indicator on some elements (Non-Text Contrast 1.4.11)

Text

• text has been embedded in images rather than available as plain text (Images of Text 1.4.5)
  
• content is lost when text spacing overrides are applied (Text Spacing 1.4.12)

Navigation

• some interactive elements do not have a focus indicator (Focus Visible 2.4.7)
  
• there is no method to bypass repeated blocks of content and skip to the main content of a page (Bypass Blocks 2.4.1)
  
• users have not been provided with more than one way to find web pages (for example via a global search mechanism and sitemap) (Multiple Ways 2.4.6)
  
• colour has been used as the only means of communicating information in the main navigation (Use of Colour 1.4.1, Name, Role, Value 4.1.2)

Links

• there are some instances of vague link text across the site (Link Purpose 2.4.4)

Components

• interactive carousel controls could not be accessed using a keyboard alone (Keyboard 2.1.1)
  
• colour has been used as the only means of communicating information on the carousel component (Use of Colour 1.4.1)
  
• accordion components do not announce their expanded or collapsed states (Name, Role, Value 4.1.2)
  
• the carousel component auto-rotates without providing the user a pause or stop facility (Pause, Stop, Hide 2.2.2)

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

The BUMPS website is maintained in-house with no dedicated funding. Modifications to improve its accessibility are made on a best endeavours basis.

Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 01/02/2022. It was last reviewed on 01/02/2022.

This website was last tested on 13 September 2021. The test was carried out by Nomensa who performed an evaluation of 5 pages against all level A and AA success criteria from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1. Content was selected to ensure a good representation of different pages, templates and components were included in testing.

You can read the full accessibility test report by telephoning the service on 0191 213 7880.