Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to:  https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/crnwmprogressionplan

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille email crnwestmidlands@nihr.ac.uk.

We (the Clinical Research Network West Midlands (CRN WM)) will consider your request and get back to you in 28 days.

How accessible this website is

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

• 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 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.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of the website.

If you find any problems which aren't listed on this page, or think that we're not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, then please email crnwestmidlands@nihr.ac.uk with the details to let us know and help us improve.

Enforcement procedure

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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

CRN WM's is committed to making its websites 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:

• Issues with PDFs and other documents

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

• 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 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 Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) requirements are not possible to correct due to limitations with the Google Sites platform.

Disproportionate burden:

We have assessed the time, cost and resources involved in fixing the aforementioned accessibility issues with this Site. We believe doing so would be a Disproportionate Burden within the The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (Regulation 7). This position may change in the future if circumstances change and we will make another assessment at such a time.

This statement was prepared on 03 October 2022. It was last reviewed on 17 February 2023.