Our content must be accessible to everyone who needs it. This means we need to make sure it can be used by as many people as possible.
This includes people with:
Public sector bodies must ensure their websites and apps are accessible to people with disabilities. This is enforceable in Ireland, by law, through the European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020.
Under this law, all content published on our websites has to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard as a minimum.
Our accessibility guidelines for digital content are based on these standards.
This means the content we publish will meet:
Content on HSE websites must be published as HTML web pages and not in PDF format, where possible. This will mean our content can be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.
Publishing PDFs on HSE websites
Do not embed text in an image. Screen readers cannot read it.
Images can create major barriers when they are not accessible. To be accessible, they must have alt text (text alternative) that describes the information or function represented by them.