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Accessibility statement for 'Take-up of the NHS Low Income Scheme in England' report

This accessibility statement applies to the website ‘Take-up of the NHS Low Income Scheme in England report.

This website is run by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:  

  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard or speech recognition software (Dragon)
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent version of NVDA)

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, as: 

  • some of the links on this website go to third-party PDF documents, you may experience difficulties viewing these PDFs. While the PDF can be accessed without any issues it may have accessibility concerns
  • users might experience difficulty interacting with the table data using a speech recognition tool.

How to request content in an accessible format

If you need information on this website in a different format such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, you can contact us by:

Email:  accessibility@nhsbsa.nhs.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

This email address is only for accessibility queries. It is not for technical queries or IT problems. If you have a query that is not about accessibility, go to the ‘Contact us’ section of this page.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that are not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, you can contact us by:

Email: accessibility@nhsbsa.nhs.uk

This email address is only for accessibility queries. It is not for technical queries or IT problems. If you have a query that is not about accessibility, go to the ‘Contact us’ section of this page.

Contact us

For all queries not accessibility related, you can contact us by:

Email: dall@nhsbsa.nhs.uk

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

The NHS Business Services Authority 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 2.2 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

Users may experience difficulties while viewing third-party PDF documents linked to on the website. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criteria 1.1.1 (Non-text Content), 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships) and 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value).

Users might experience difficulty interacting with the table data using speech recognition tool. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1 (Compatible).

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We’re committed to making sure this website is compliant to WCAG 2.2 ‘AA’ standard.

Our accessibility compliance statement will be reviewed regularly. Every newly released website will be designed, built and tested to meet ‘AA’ standards by default.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 17 February 2022. It was last reviewed on 29 August 2024.

This website was last tested on 08 August 2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. 

The test was carried out by the NHSBSA test and development teams. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by our website team. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

We tested all the website screens to meet ‘AA’ WCAG 2.2 standards, using manual and automated tests.

We run webpages through automated Wave, Lighthouse and Axe accessibility tools then manually test with screen readers (NVDA) and standards checklists.

We run representative test through speech recognition software (Dragon).

These checklists contain standards that have been compiled using WCAG, the NHS service manual and the Government Digital Service (GDS) guidance.