Accessibility policy

Accessibility Statement

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This accessibility statement applies to: www.cpft.nhs.uk

This website is run by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. This means putting in things that can help you, for example, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
  
• zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
• 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.

Compliance status

We are constantly working to improve accessibility on our website. We regularly review our pages and work hard to keep up with developments in technology and practice. 

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

• At 200% zoom the webReader hamburger menu and the 'Listen' button in the page header are no longer available.
  This refers to the Readspeaker screen reader overlay, and some Trusts have decided not to use one on their site as it isn’t needed and causes issues with accessibility. Most people who need a screen reader already use one and even if they don’t have their own, both Microsoft, Apple, Google operating systems have their own built-in versions. SCOPE advises against using any sort of accessibility overlays, such as this, because they interfere with people’s own assisted software and more details can be found on the link here. The Trust will therefore be removing Readspeaker from all website pages by the end of 2024.
  
  
• The additional text that is available on hover or focus on the 'Our services', 'Help in a crisis', 'Minor Injury Units' and 'NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies' card links at 100% zoom is no longer available at 400% zoom or on a small screen (320x256).   
• The additional text that is available on hover or focus on the 'Our services', 'Help in a crisis', 'Minor Injury Units' and 'NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies' card links at 100% zoom is no longer available at 400% zoom or on a small screen (320x256).      
• At 400% zoom and on a small screen (320x256) the article links in the 'Our stories' slider, such as 'Cambridge Children’s Hospital moves ahead as plans approved by ministers', are partly cut off.       
  
  The Trust is reviewing these issues and aims to resolve them by the end of 2024.     

 
Non-compliance with 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. For example, we do not plan to fix board papers published before September 2018.

We know PDFs and closed file formats are difficult to use for people with accessibility needs, so wherever possible we use HTML pages instead. We are also investigating the use of software to convert PDF documents into html pages more easily.

Preparation of this accesibility statement

This statement was prepared on 20 November 2024.

The method for this assessment was an evaluation of the website’s compliance, by the public sector body. 

We re-tested our website, using the same methods, supported by our web provider.

The statement was last reviewed on 20 November 2024.

 
Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems with our website or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: communications@cpft.nhs.uk

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

• email: communications@cpft.nhs.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you.

 
Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018. If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018.