Accessibility
Accessibility Features
This site has been developed with accessibility for all in mind. Using
a combination of valid xhtml, css and an adherence to internationally
recognised accessibility guidelines we have ensured that no one is left
out.
Top Menu
If you wish to jump to a specific section by keyboard rather than mouse, you can use the inbuilt access keys shown below. Mac users press Control and the access key, Windows users press ALT and the access key, Internet Explorer users may need to press the "enter" key to activate a link.
Access Key H - Homepage
Access Key F - Find a Service
Access Key D - Early Detection
Access Key T - Treatments and Investigations
Access Key A - At Home
Access Key E - Education
Access Key R - Reports
If you wish to jump to a specific page of a section by keyboard rather than mouse, you can use the inbuilt access keys shown below. Mac users press Control and the access key, Windows users press ALT and the access key, Internet Explorer users may need to press the "enter" key to activate a link. Each page has an access key numbered in order from 1 - 9, if there is a page 10 it will numbered as 0. For example, the menu for the Early Detection section would be numbered:
Access Key 1 - Early Detection Homepage
Access Key 2 - What is Early Detection?
Access Key 3 - What is Screening?
Access Key 4 - Breast
Access Key 5 - Cervical
Access Key 6 - Bowel
Access Key 7 - Prostate
Standards Compliance
All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional, validated style sheets are also used to layout the visual look of the site.
By our best interpretation of the guidelines of the World Wide Consortium Web Content Accessibility Guidelines this site passes priority 1 and 2 checkpoints. Many points of these guidelines can not be qualified directly but we have taken all appropriate measures to ensure as close an implementation as possible.
All images use descriptive ALT tags.
Relative text sizes are used throughout, allowing users to resize the page text.
A utility to increase/decrease text size is built into the top of every page
Should you find anything that does not meet your accessibility requirements please feel free to contact us and suggest improvements.
