Accessibility statement for Report an outbreak
This accessibility statement applies to the Report an Outbreak website https://forms.ukhsa.gov.uk/ReportAnOutbreak (opens in new tab).
This website is run by UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
- zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
- navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
- listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet (opens in new tab) has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
- you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader
Feedback and contact information
If you find any problems not listed on this page or believe we're not meeting accessibility requirements, email ukhsa_techbp_product@ukhsa.gov.uk
If you have difficulty using the website to report an outbreak, you should phone your local UKHSA health protection team (opens in new tab).
Enforcement procedure
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) (opens in new tab).
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 (opens in new tab) AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Some page headers and subtitles are incorrectly tagged or do not correspond to their associated content. This fails WCAG success criterion 2.4.6 (headings and labels).
There is no user interface that allows the keyboard focus indicator to be visible. This fails WCAG success criterion 2.4.7 (focus visible).
External links do not signal that they will open in a new tab, so people using a screen reader do not know that the page content is changing. This fails WCAG success criterion 4.1.3 (status changes)
We plan to address these issues soon.
Content that’s not within the scope of accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents - The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents delivered by email. We plan to meet accessibility standards with all new PDFs or Word documents we will share.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We have been testing our website with users with a variety of accessibility needs. We intend to fix the non-accessible content listed above. We keep testing our website to understand where we are non-compliant with accessibility standards. Any non-compliant components will be raised in our roadmap and improved in the coming months.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared in October 2023. It was last reviewed in April 2025.
This website was last tested in March 2025 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.
The test was carried out by UK Health Security Agency. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by our website team. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.