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Accessibility Roadmap

Last Updated: 06 June 2025

Our accessibility roadmap shows how we plan to improve accessibility on www.npsa.gov.uk

Click here for NPSA's accessibility statement.

Roadmap of planned fixes

Issue

Resolution

Target date

Not all elements can be interacted with using all screen readers. Some drop-downs on the All Guidance page are not accessible via NVDA and Windows Narrator.

We will amend the filters so that they can be accessed by all screen readers.

August 2025

Some tables require two-dimensional scrolling on mobile devices.

We will replace any tables with HTML content.

August 2025

Some decorative images have an alternative attribute when a null alternative is expected.

These will be identified, and the text alternative will be removed.

December 2025

Some images within Word documents and PDF documents lack a text alternative.

Documents post-2018 will be identified, and text alternatives added.

December 2025

Some videos on the website may not have synchronised captions.

All videos will have captions added.

December 2025

Some videos on the website may lack a text-based transcript.

All videos will contain a text transcript in English at a minimum.

December 2025

Videos on the website lack a separate audio description track.

All videos will have an audio description added.

December 2025

Some pages contain headings within a heading.

We will identify all content where this issue is present and remove the inappropriate headings.

December 2025

Some pages may contain empty headings.

We will identify all content where empty headers are present and remove them.

December 2025

Some content may be implemented as images of text.

We will identify all images of text and provide a suitable text alternative.

December 2025

Some headings and labels are not representative of the content present.

We will identify all content where the issue is present and improve the context of headings.

December 2025

Some form labels do not reference valid ID attributes.

Form content will be fixed to have valid attributes.

December 2025

Some video embed content uses duplicate ID attributes

The video embed module will be updated to remove duplicate IDs. 

December 2025

Some images do not have a text alternative.

These will be identified, and text alternatives added.

December 2025

When zooming text only, some content becomes truncated and inaccessible.

We will update the styling of the website to ensure all content is accessible when zooming with text only.

January 2026

Some PDF documents are not tagged.

PDFs post-2018 with this issue will be either updated or migrated to an HTML webpage.

February 2026

Some Word documents contain non-inline graphics or objects that do not have a text alternative.

Documents post-2018 with this issue will be either updated or migrated to an HTML webpage.

February 2026

Some PDF documents may lack an appropriate title identifying the content of the PDF to screen reader users. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.2 (Page Titled).

PDFs post-2018 with this issue will be either updated or migrated to an HTML webpage.

February 2026

Some PDF documents may not have defined the language of the file.

PDFs post-2018 with this issue will be either updated or migrated to an HTML webpage.

February 2026

Some PDF documents do not contain XMP metadata.

PDFs post-2018 with this issue will be either updated or migrated to an HTML webpage.

February 2026

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