Accessibility

To activate the ReciteMe accessibility tool, please click the little blue stick fugure in the top right. (pictured on the left)

 

 

Accessibility statement  

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals 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.

This accessibility statement applies to the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust website (www.sth.nhs.uk).

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. The website has ReciteMe screenreader software that enables users to:

• Have most of the website content read out loud, including the majority of PDF documents

• Change the font type and size

• Magnify the text

• Change the colour theme

• Change the language

There is a button to enable the screenreader in the top right of each page.

There is a sitemap to help navigate the website.

You can also use browser settings to change the text size, zoom in and change the language or have text read out loud.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Non-accessible content

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible. The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations:

  • There are some images that are not captioned
  • Some old PDFs are not fully accessible to screenreader software
  • There are images of text in the About Us section

Disproportionate burden

Some documents on this website are provided in PDF format which might not be compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard. We are committed to ensuring PDFs added to this website in future will be assessed for accessibility prior to publishing.

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.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Our website provider is undertaking a full check of this website to assess its compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard. We will work with them to fix any issues that are identified by these checks.

We have reviewed the website and removed documents and information which is not needed or does not meet accessibility standards. We are reviewing all content to ensure it is simple to understand and written in plain English.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 9 August 2024. It was last reviewed on 9 August 2024.

Feedback and contact information

If you want to report an accessibility problem with this website please email sth.allcommunicationsteam@nhs.net

Enforcement procedure

If you contact us with a complaint and you’re not happy with our response contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

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’).