Accessibility statement
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This accessibility statement applies to the Digital Health and Care Wales Design System website.
This website is run by Digital Health and Care Wales. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
- zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
- navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
- 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 about making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
Feedback and contact information
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements, email design.system@wales.nhs.uk.
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, email dhcw-enquiries@wales.nhs.uk.
We'll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.
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
Digital Health and Care Wales 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
The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.
This website is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 AA standard.
Content that's not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
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.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared in October 2026. It was last reviewed in October 2026.
This website was last tested in October 2026 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.
The test was carried out internally by Digital Health and Care Wales. We tested a representative sample of pages, components and functionality across the website.