Accessibility
Our commitment to providing an accessible website
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed
to ensuring that this website is usable and accessible to everyone
who visits it, regardless of the technology you are using, your
level of capability or any disability you may have.
Outline of key guidelines & features
Our website was designed to meet W3C's Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines 1.0, Level AA.
Some of the changes we made when redesigning this site
include
- Using relative font sizes to enable you to change the size of
the text on the page
- Making sure that links are written so that they make sense when
read out of context
- Making sure that all images on the site have alternative text
(alt-text) that describes the image
We have also added a breadcrumb navigation trail to each page so
that you can see where you are in the site.
Each page on the site contains a search box and text resizing
options.
Technology used and browser compatibility
Our website uses valid HTML and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
meaning that it will display in all modern browsers. Because
we use CSS, the site will display in older browsers but it might
look slightly different. Even if your browser doesn't support
CSS you will still be able to read all the information and navigate
through the site. CSS also means that our site will continue
to display well as newer browser versions are released in the
future.
Documents
All documents in this site are Adobe Acrobat PDF. You can
download Acrobat reader by visiting the Adobe Reader download page
Changing your browser settings to make browsing easier
You can change the text size, screen colour and lots of other
settings on your browser and computer to make your browsing
experience more comfortable. Our website supports these
preferences because it uses CSS. To find out more about
changing your browser settings, please visit the BBC's My Web My Way website.
Contact info
If you have any comments about our website, please let us
know.