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Accessibility report for CHFT Charity website

This website was last tested on 2nd July 2025 by The Health Informatics Service Web Department to WCAG 2.2 AA standard. They used the following approach when deciding on a sample of pages to test:

  • Looked at all mediums used on the website, for example text, images, maps, videos and forms, and added at least one page per item to our sample list.
  • Always included the homepage.
  • Used LighthouseWaveAxe DevTools and ARC Toolkit to audit the sample pages.
  • Performed a manual tab and zoom check.

How we checked

The Health Informatics Service Web Department tested this website against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. Automated tests were performed using Lighthouse, Wave, Axe DevTools and ARC Toolkit to check the accessibility of the website. Errors found were correlated and checked manually. A keyboard tab through and zoom check was also performed. These tests were completed using a Google Chrome browser on Windows 11 with a 16 inch screen.

The issues we found

  • 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A) - Images have no alternative text
  • 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A) - Suspicious alternative text
  • 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A) - Long alternative text
  • 1.4.5 Images of Text (Level AA) - Images have text inside of them with no accesibile alternate
  • 1.2.1 Prerecorded Audio-only and Video-only (Level A), 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (Level A), 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A), 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) (Level AA), 1.4.2 Audio Control (Level A) - HTML5 video or audio
  • 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A), 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A), 2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA) - Skipped heading level
  • 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A), 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A), 2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA) - Empty heading
  • 1.4.5 Images of Text (Level AA) - Images have text inside of them with no accesibile alternate
  • 2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA) - Duplicate headings
  • 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) - There are multiple IDs used on accordion content elements.
  • PDF's and other documents are present on the site that are not accessible
  • Redundant title text