Accessible documents at Scottish Rural Medicine Collaborative

This policy explains how accessible the documents Scottish Rural Medicine Collaborative (SRMC) publishes on www.srmc.scot.nhs.uk are. It covers PDFs, spreadsheets, presentations and other types of document. It does not cover content published on www.srmc.scot.nhs.uk as HTML: the main www.srmc.scot.nhs.uk accessibility statement will cover that.

Using our documents

SRMC publishes documents in a range of formats, including word documents and PDFs.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use those documents. For example, when we produce a document we make sure to:

  • provide an HTML option where possible
  • make sure we include alt text alongside non-decorative images, so people who cannot see them understand what they’re there for
  • avoid using tables, except when we’re presenting data
  • write in plain English

How accessible our documents are

We try to make our documents as accessible as possible, however, we know that some of our previously uploaded documents or documents provided by a third party are not accessible. For example, some of them:

  • are not tagged up properly – for example, they do not contain proper headings
  • images do not contain meaningful alt tags

If you need to access any of the information in one of these documents, you can contact us and ask for an alternative format.

Feedback and Contact Information

If you have any problems using any documents on the website, require information in a different format or want to provide us with any other feedback then please contact us by email or by using the contact us form by clicking here.

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

Technical information about the accessibility of our documents

SRMC is committed to making our documents accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

The documents SRMC publishes are partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.