Accessibilty

CRN West Midlands is committed to making its websites and mobile applications accessible, in accordance with national legislation transposing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council and in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This accessibility statement applies to https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/crnwm-learning-wfd-jane/home


Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with WCAG 2.0/2.1AA, due to the non-compliance/ exemptions listed below.


Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reason(s):

Issues with PDFs and other documents

  • Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software. Our site favours the HTML format for documents.

  • PDFs are not able to comply with the requirements of the web accessibility standard, and we do not generally upload new PDFs. Where we do create new PDFs, we use the PDF/UA standard which is more accessible.

  • Infographics and some image links may not have captions. We have attempted to include alt text, where applicable.

Issues with videos

  • Some of our older videos may not have captions , any videos and transcripts are the responsibility of the owner

Issues with text

  • Some text links may appear with underlined text. This is a feature of Google Sites and there is no way to include a hyperlink without the text being underlined.

  • Some links may not have captions or alt text and/or may be considered "empty links" for other reasons. This may interfere with the overall functionality of the site, we do not intend to resolve these as it is a disproportionate burden.

  • Some links on the site are not currently formatted in a compliant manner and we aim to fix these as soon as possible.

  • Some structural or ARIA requirements are not possible to correct due to limitations with the Google Sites platform.

Disproportionate burden

The breakdown of the existing Google Sites accessibility issues summarises the existing accessibility issues with Google Sites. Fixing for these accessibility issues is the responsibility of Google as providers of the Google Sites product. Therefore, fixes for these issues are beyond NIHR control. The only resolution to fixing these issues ourselves is to change website hosts to another supplier. We’ve assessed the cost of fixing these issues and believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We continue to work with Google in providing feedback and collaborating to ensure Google’s products are as accessible as possible.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

The following non-accessible content are out of scope of the applicable legislation

  • Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

  • Infographics and some image links may not have captions. We have attempted to include alt text, where applicable.

  • Some of our older videos may not have captions

  • Some text links may appear with underlined text. This is a feature of Google Sites and there is no way to include a hyperlink without the text being underlined.

  • Some links may not have captions or alt text and/or may be considered "empty links" for other reasons.

  • Some of the documents that we link to for additional information are outside our control and may not be fully accessible.

  • Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.



Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 19 May 2021. It was last reviewed on19 May 2021.


This website was last tested on 18 September 2020. The test was conducted by the NIHR.


We used a third-party accessibility tool called WAVE to test the accessibility of this website. WAVE can identify many accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) errors, but also facilitates human evaluation of web content. A full explanation of how this tool works can be found on WAVE’s website.


Feedback and contact information

If you wish to report any accessibility challenges in using this website, or if you require any information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please contact the Learning Workforce Development Team at training.crnwestmidlands@nihr.ac.uk


We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 30 days. If you do not receive a response, please contact CRN West Midlands at crnwestmidlands@nihr.ac.uk for assistance.


Enforcement procedure

If you do not receive a response to the above request, please contact the NIHR Service Desk for further escalation.

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).


This website has been built using Google Sites. Please see the following link to the NIHR Hub Accessibility Statement which gives more information regarding the general use of Google Sites, including contact details for users who require further Accessibility support.