Accessibility
This website is still under development
Please click on the links to find out about more about the Accessibility of this website:
- Standards
- Access / Shortcut Keys
- How to use access keys
- Tab indexing
- Increasing Page Text Size
- Changing Page Colours
- External Sites
- Screen Reader Setting Recommendations
- Help with Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files
We are committed to making our website accessible to all users. This site has been designed to be Accessible for people with any degree of visual or motor impairment and users of screen readers.
This site has been tested on the following devices - TalkBack on Android phone, VoiceOver on iPhone and JAWS on Desktop.
Please contact gram.communications@nhs.scot if you have any technical difficulties using this website.
If you have any difficulties accessing the documents published on this website or require them in a different format (such as Braille, large print etc.), please contact gram.communications@nhs.scot
All other non-website enquiries
NHS Grampian's aim is to ensure that we meet the needs of people with a disability by making sure that everyone can:
- access our buildings and grounds
- contact us in a way that is easiest for them
- get health information in many formats (such as Braille, large print etc.).
If you need assistance (not relating to the website) please contact our Patient Services Manager (details below).
NHS Grampian and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Nigel Firth
Equality and Diversity Manager
Ground Floor Room 4,
Foresterhill House,
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary,
Foresterhill Site,
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZB
Tel: 01224 552245
Email: nigel.firth@nhs.scot
Standards
This site has been designed to be Accessible for people with any degree of visual or motor impairment and users of screen readers.
Future developments include that all links to documents on this site will show the file type and size.
Audio content and navigation for talking browsers and screen readers has been checked by listening to the site using JAWS. The site is also compatible with Supernova and IBM Home Page Reader when using Internet Explorer 5 or above. All trivial images have null Alt text.
Access / Shortcut Keys
To help those using a screen reader or a talking browser etc., you can get around our website without using a mouse by using access keys on your keyboard. These keys are based on the UK Government Access Keys system.
How to use access keys
- Hold down the 'Alt' key (Windows PC) or 'Ctrl' key (Apple Mac)
- Select the key from the list above
- Press 'Enter' if using a Windows PC (an Apple Mac takes you straight there)
Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac)
Access keys are not supported
Netscape 6 and earlier (PC and Mac)
Access keys are not supported
Tab indexing
Links in the site have been given a tab weighting to allow quick access to each link. The order for tab indexing in a page is as follows:
Top navigation
Breadcrumb navigation
Bottom navigation
Increasing Page Text Size
You can increase the size of the text even further using your web browser options.
Internet Explorer
Page - Text size - Largest
Firefox
View - Text Size - Increase
Opera
Safari
Apple Key and '+' Key
Edge
Settings and more... - Zoom - / +
Chrome
Customise and control Google Chrome - Zoom - / +
Opera
Safari
Apple Key and '+' Key
Changing Page Colours
You may also change the colours using your web browser options.
Internet Explorer
Click on Tools - Internet Options
Then click on the Accessibility button in the window that pops up
Then select the 'Ignore colors' option.
Note you could also select the 'Ignore font styles' and 'Ignore font size' options to alter the look and size of the text.
Firefox
View - Page Style - No Style
Opera
View - Style - User Mode
Safari
Not Available
External Sites
All links to external sites open in a new window. NHS Grampian is not responsible for the content or accessibility of these referenced sites.
Screen Reader Setting Recommendations
For users of JAWS we recommend the following sort order title|text|alt|href as the best combination to set.
Help with Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files
We recognise that not all of the pdf files on our website are as accessible as they could be and would ask you to bear with us as we continue to improve this aspect of the site. If you have any difficulties accessing the documents published on this website or require them in a different format (such as Braille, large print etc.), please contact gram.communications@nhs.scot
The Adobe site offers:
Published: 07/08/2023 16:14