GP Practice Websites: Accessibility Statements Explained
For GP practice managers and their website suppliers: what a surgery accessibility statement must say, and why WCAG 2.2 AA is the standard to meet.
Expert guidance on web and mobile accessibility compliance.
The standards and regulations the articles keep referring to, written out in full.
The EAA, the ADA, Section 508, WCAG and the UK regulations, each explained in one page.
The European standard for ICT accessibility, including the Chapter 11 requirements for apps.
Every WCAG 2.2 A and AA success criterion, with how to test it and what fails.
Who it covers, what it asks for, and what has happened since enforcement began.
Free checkers and calculators, including contrast, PDF and the purple pound.
How to run an audit, publish a statement and work the tickets in AUDITSU.
For GP practice managers and their website suppliers: what a surgery accessibility statement must say, and why WCAG 2.2 AA is the standard to meet.
Asked to feed into a Consumer Duty gap analysis? The Duty does not name WCAG. Here is the accessibility evidence it does expect you to show.
A customer's vendor questionnaire asks about accessibility. Where that question really comes from, what to send back, and how reviewers judge it.
What the EAA demands of alt text, which EN 301 549 clause covers your website and app, and how to record partial alt text in your accessibility statement.
Brexit did not take UK companies out of the European Accessibility Act. If you sell to consumers in the EU, it applies. Here is the test that decides it.
On 4 June 2026 a French court ordered Carrefour to make its website and app fully accessible within six months, under a daily penalty. The precise read.
The EAA turned one on 28 June 2026: a first court ruling, 28 investigations in Sweden, and no fines yet. What enforcement looks like, country by country.
You don't need a £15k consultancy to audit your website's accessibility, and a scanner alone won't get you there. The step-by-step method to run one in-house.
A quick guide to VoiceOver on Mac and NVDA on Windows for testers running a website audit on AUDITSU. The keys, settings, and modes you need.
A VPAT is the template US buyers use to vet product accessibility. The EAA never mentions it. Here is what EU law expects instead.