Accessibility

We want you to be able to fully access this site irrespective of the type of computer and software you are using. We also want this website to be fully accessible to people with physical or cognitive disabilities.

We are working to make the site compliant with the W3C organisation's Web Access Compliance Initiative.

If you discover any problems accessing this site please let us know! You can contact us either by using the web feedback form or by emailing the webmaster.

All the documents you can download from this website are in Portable Document Format. Click here for help viewing PDFs.

Browser compliance
This website has been tested with the following browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 6
• Mozilla FireFox, version 1
• Opera, version 8

This site should work in version 4 or greater browsers. If you have problems using the website please contact the webmaster using the feedback form or by email, explaining the problem and including details of your browser.

Text size
To view these pages with larger text go to the menu bar at the top of your browser and choose the 'View' menu. In the list which drops down select 'Text Size' and then 'Large' or 'Largest'.

Access keys
The following access keys are defined for accessing the main sections of the website:

H	Home Page
Y	Your Hospital
P	Patients and Visitors
C	Community

To use the access keys you need to press the Alt key (cmd key on Macs) and then the access key. You may need to press the Return/Enter key to go to the selected page.

Scripts
Whilst we have tried to make this website work on as many browsers as possible we have used some scripting technology to deliver the information in the most efficient way possible. We have used client-side scripts to make the drop-down menus work and for some form validation. If you do not have scripting enabled on your browser these functions will not work. None of the scripts used on this site do anything which is likely to cause problems with your computer or security. To find out how to turn on scripting for your browser please see the browser's help file.

Cookies
This website uses cookies to maintain 'state' between pages and visits - especially for the various colour schemes. You may use the website without having cookies enabled but some functionality will be lost. The cookies used do not contain any personal information and will not be a security risk.