Ban NHS services from purchasing accessibility overlays, plugins or toolbars

Prohibit all NHS bodies from purchasing or using accessibility overlays, toolbars, plugins or widgets. The Government should instead mandate that all NHS digital infrastructure meets WCAG 2.2 AA standards natively, ensuring full compatibility with users' own assistive technologies.

61 Signatures

Status
Open
Opened
Friday 24th April 2026
Last 24 hours signatures
1
Signature Deadline
Saturday 24th October 2026
Estimated Final Signatures: 237

Reticulating Splines

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Accessibility overlays, toolbars and plugins often hinder disabled users by interfering with assistive technology. The NHS Service Manual advises against these "widgets," as they fail the 2018 Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations. We want a ban on spending any NHS funds on these products in favour of natively accessible code.


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