Accessibility

This accessibility statement applies to https://www.leedslibraries.nhs.uk/ only.

This website is run by Leeds Libraries for Health (a partnership of libraries from Leeds Community Health NHS Trust, Leeds & York NHS Partnerships Foundation Trust, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Leeds City Council). 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 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard

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.

The website is designed to be compatible with assistive technologies and the last two versions of the browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari. In older browsers, some aspects of the website may not display optimally. The website is not designed for Internet Explorer.

Where we provide links to other organisation’s websites we do not take responsibility for their accessibility standards.

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

• Our cookie policy cannot be closed by keyboard navigation
• Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• Where we provide links to other organisation’s websites we do not take responsibility for their accessibility standards.
• Videos embedded on our site may not be fully accessible
• Alternative text is missing from some of our images

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

• email lthstafflibraries@nhs.net

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

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: 

E-mail: lthstafflibraries@nhs.net

Address: Bethany Tapster, Corporate Support Librarian, Library & Evidence Research Centre, X35, D Floor, Old Site, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, LS1 3EX.

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).

Leeds Libraries is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

1. 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A) - Missing alternative text
2. 1.2.1 Prerecorded Audio-only and Video-only (Level A), 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (Level A) and 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A) - Embedded or linked YouTube videos are present and may not be fully accessible
3. 2.1.1 Keyboard Level A - Our cookie policy notification cannot be closed through keyboard navigation.
4. 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A) Redundant link - Adjacent links go to the same location
5. 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) Elements must only use allowed ARIA attributes - Embedded or linked YouTube videos are present and may not be fully accessible
6. The site makes use of multiple PDFs and other documents. This is not accessible to some screen reader software.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are fixing content which fails to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard. We will update this page when issues are fixed.

This statement was prepared on 26th May 2021. It was last reviewed on 17th June 2024.

This website was last tested on 25th April 2024. The test was carried out by The Health Informatics Service Web Department. We use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines V2.1 level A and level AA to test how accessible https://www.leedslibraries.nhs.uk/ is.

We used this approach to deciding on a sample of pages to test:

• Looked at all mediums used on the site for example text, images, maps, videos, forms etc
• Added at least one page per item to our sample list
• Always include the homepage
• We used Lighthouse to audit each page in the sample for accessibility issues.
• We used Wave to automatically test for accessibility issues on pages that do not need users to sign in.
• We used Axe DevTools to test for accessibility issues on pages that do not need users to sign in.

You can read the full accessibility report here.