Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to leedslibraries.nhs.uk only. It does not apply to content on other domains or subdomains. Where we provide links to other websites, we do not take responsibility for their accessibility standards.

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

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

• Images may not contain alternative text
• Images may contain long alternative text
• Videos embedded on our site may not be fully accessible
• Images contain text content
• Redundant links are present throughout the site
• Link text contains the word "click"
• Links may not contain visible text
• Images may fail colour contrast standards
• PDF's and other documents are present on the site that are not accessible.

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any accessibility problems that aren’t listed on this page, think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, or need information in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please contact us:

• Email: lthstafflibraries@nhs.net

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, please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

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

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

• 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A) - Missing alternative text
• 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A) - Long alternative text
• 1.2.1 Prerecorded Audio-only and Video-only (Level A), 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (Level A) and 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A) - Embedded or linked YouTube videos are present and may not be fully accessible
• 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA) - Some button images that contain text fail colour contrast testing
• 1.4.5 Images of Text (Level AA) - Buttons make use of images which contain text
• 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In-Context) (Level A) - Redundant link - Adjacent links go to the same location
• 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In-Context) (Level A) - Suspicious link text - One or more links contain the word “click”
• 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In-Context) (Level A) - No link text - Linked images do not have visible or alternative text
• 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) - Buttons within the YouTube embeds have no discernible text
• 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) - Bad ARIA role - YouTube embedded elements use an invalid ARIA role="..." attribute
• 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) - ARIA attribute is not allowed - YouTube embedded elements contain aria-label attributes which are not allowed on the generic role
• 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) - ARIA attribute value is missing on YouTube embedded elements
• 4.1.2 Non-active element in tab order (Level A) - YouTube embedded elements have been placed in the Tab order using tabindex="0", but it lacks a specific role="..." attribute
• The site makes use of multiple PDF, PowerPoint and Word documents, which may not be fully accessible to some screen reader software.

Disproportionate burden

We do not currently make any claims of disproportionate burden.

Content that is 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.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are actively reviewing and amending accessibility issues on this website. As issues are rectified, this page will be updated. 

This statement was prepared on 26th May 2021. It was last reviewed on 9th September 2026.

This website was last tested on 9th September 2026 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by The Health Informatics Service Web Development team using a Google Chrome browser on Windows 11 with a 16 inch screen. They reviewed a representative sample of pages, including:

• pages containing text, images, maps, videos and forms
• the homepage

They used automated tools including Lighthouse, Wave, Axe DevTools and ARC Toolkit, and carried out manual testing including keyboard navigation and zoom checks.

Errors found are correlated and checked manually.