Accessibility - OPAL - Return to Work

This accessibility statement applies to www.opalreturntowork.nhs.uk.

This website is run by the OPAL Trial (Occupational support for Patients undergoing Arthroplasty of the Lower limb trial) team at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We want people interested in and participating in the OPAL Trial to be able to use this website.

For example, that means you should be able to:

Zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We have also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

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

Some PDF documents may not be fully accessible to screen reader software, however the information is available in accessible format on the web pages.

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, please contact us via the details on the “Contact us” page.

We will consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

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

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us via the details on the “Contact us” page.

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 you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Contacting us

Find out how to get in touch with the OPAL Trial team via our “Contact us” page.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

OPAL Trial team is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA not sure this is standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

PDFs and non-HTML documents

Some documents are not accessible in a number of ways including missing text alternatives and missing document structure. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 Non-text Content and 1.3.1 Info and Relationships.

We will be reviewing PDF documents that are essential for our services and aim to convert these to accessible resource pages before 2025. Where possible we are replacing any new PDFs or Word documents with HTML pages or an accessible PDF.

If you require a PDF document in an accessible format such as large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please use the “Contact us” page to get in touch.

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

PDFs and non-HTML documents

Some of our PDFs are essential to providing our services. For example, forms published as Word documents. By 2025, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of any document from this website in a more accessible format, please email the team using the details provided on the “Contact us” page to tell us what format you require. It will help us if you let us know what type of assistive technology you use.