Accessibility Statement
NIHR 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 NIHR Imaging Group Google Site.
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):
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations:
Apart from the exemptions listed below, this site is fully compliant with the accessibility regulations.
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 Google drawings application has been used to create lists of members from each Cluster Office with live links to their emails addresses for convenience. If you are unable to access the information within these drawings a link has been provided at the top of the pages concerned where you can access a spreadsheet containing all the necessary information. If you have difficulty accessing any images, we have provided alternative ways to access this information.
A video has been used on this website which does have subtitles but not a full transcript showing as part of the video. A transcript of the content of the video can be provided on request.
Some of the documents that we link to for additional information are outside our control and may not be fully accessible.
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. By September 2021, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Our site contains documentation such as PDFs or Word files and these have been checked for accessibility.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 20th July 2021.
It was last reviewed on 20th July 2021
This website was last tested in July 2021. 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:
crnspecialtyclusterc@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 the NIHR Service Desk 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).
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. By September 2021, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards. 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.
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.