Accessibility statement

Last updated: 1 August 2026 · Applies to this website, and — where stated below — to the WardLab platform

We sell to universities, which means accessibility isn't a feature for us, it's table stakes. This website is built to meet WCAG 2.2 level AA. We assessed it against levels A and AA on 1 August 2026, and it currently passes with zero outstanding violations.

What we've done on this site

• All text meets at least a 4.5:1 contrast ratio against its background.
• The whole site is usable by keyboard alone, with a visible focus indicator and a skip-to-content link.
• Every control is at least 24 px, or spaced far enough from its neighbours to be hit reliably.
• All animation is disabled when your system asks for reduced motion, and the demo video never auto-plays in that case. The video can be paused at any time.
• Images of the product carry full text descriptions; the page is structured with semantic landmarks and headings for screen readers.
• The site works without JavaScript, at 200% zoom, and down to a 320 px screen with no horizontal scrolling.

That assessment is ours rather than an independent audit, and like the platform it is backed by an automated conformance suite that runs against the built site on every release — so this page describes a measured result, not an intention.

The WardLab product

The WardLab platform launching for 2026/27 is separate software from this website, and it is built to meet WCAG 2.2 level AA as well. We assessed it against levels A and AA on 31 July 2026, and it currently passes with zero outstanding violations.

Every patient, ward and clinical control is reachable and operable by keyboard, and exposed to screen readers as a real control rather than as plain text — which matters on an iPad as much as on a desktop, since VoiceOver and TalkBack navigate by the same underlying structure. Every form field carries a programmatic label. The interface reflows to 320 px with no horizontal scrolling, supports pinch-zoom and both screen orientations, and works at 200% zoom. Dialogs take focus when they open, keep it while they are open, and return it where it came from.

On top of the standard, the app carries per-device display settings: text scaling, wider reading spacing, and colour tint overlays for visual stress.

That assessment is ours, not an independent audit, and it has not yet been validated end-to-end by a screen-reader user in a live teaching session — we think that is the test that really counts and we would like to run it with your disability service. The full self-assessment, and your institution's accessibility procurement paperwork, come as part of licensing. It is backed by an automated conformance suite that runs against every release, so the position cannot quietly slip.

One honest caveat that will remain: the simulated EPR deliberately reproduces the look of real hospital systems, and where a realistic clinical layout and best-practice accessibility pull in different directions we document the trade-off rather than hide it. Where they conflicted with an actual WCAG criterion, the criterion won.

Found a problem?

Email info@wardlab.co.uk, or use the contact form — whichever is easier for you. If the form itself is the barrier, the email address always works. Accessibility reports go to the top of the pile and we'll respond within five working days.