Accessibility

We are committed to complying with the Disability Discrimination Act and have made significant improvements to our website in order to reduce the barriers experienced by people with disabilities. If you find any of our pages inaccessible to you please use the contact form to let us know (including details of the technology you are using) and we will make every reasonable effort to either remove the barrier or provide the information in a format that you find acceptable.

Access keys

If you have difficulty in using a mouse or similar devices, you can use keyboard shortcuts. Information on how to use each of the keyboard shortcuts available is below. They enable you to navigate using only the keyboard.

  • 1 - Home page
  • 2 - About Us
  • 3 - News and Views
  • 4 - Your Health
  • 5 - Getting Involved
  • 6 - Contact Us

Depending on your browser use one of the following methods to use access keys:

  • Internet Explorer 5+: Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key, then press ENTER.
  • Internet Explorer 4: Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key.
  • Internet Explorer 5+ for Mac: Hold down the CTRL key and select the number/letter of the access key
  • Internet Explorer 4.5 for Mac: Access keys are not supported.
  • Netscape 6+: Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key.
  • Netscape earlier versions: Access keys are not supported.
  • Mozilla: Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Resizing text

If the text is too small for you to comfortably read then you can resize it accordingly. If your mouse has a scroll wheel you can, in most browsers, increase and decrease the size of text by holding down the CTRL key and using the scroll wheel on your mouse. Alternatively Internet Explorer, Mozilla based browsers such as Firefox and WebKit based browsers such as Safari on the Mac and Chrome on the PC have menus to allow you to set the text size manually:

  • Internet Explorer 4: choose View>Internet Options…>Accessibility… and check the ignore font sizes specified on web pages option. Click OK, OK, and then you can alter the text size using the View>Text Size option
  • Internet Explorer (version 5 and later): choose Tools>Internet Options…>Accessibility… and check the ignore font sizes specified on web pages option. Click OK, OK, and then you can alter the text size using the View>Text Size option.
  • All other browsers should be able to resize the text directly from the menu bar. Please see your specific browser help pages if you are having difficulty.

Low Graphics pages

Although not strictly text-only, these pages are quicker loading and useful if you do not need the images or if you are on a slow connection.

Downloadable documents

Where possible we try to provide downloadable documents in multiple formats including pdf and rich text format.

Language

If you would like details from this site in other languages please contact us.

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