Accessibility statement
This accessibility statement applies to the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland website which is available at https://www.mwcscot.org.uk/
This website is run by the Mental Welfare Commision for Scotland. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- Zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen.
- Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard.
- Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software.
- Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver).
- We have also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible is this website?
The majority of this website is fully accessible. However, we know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- Some publications are not written in plain English.
- Some older publications are in PDF format and are not accessible to everyone.
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).
Translate information on this website
You can translate many pages of this website using Google Translate. This applies particularly to materials for people using services and their carers.
How to do this:
- Copy the page's web address or the text you want to translate
- Go to Google Translate https://translate.google.com/
- Select which language you would like to translate to
- Paste the web address or the text you want to translate into the box on that page.
If you have a problem translating a document, please contact us.
Google Translate uses computer programmes to translate, which means that the quality of the translation may not be perfect. You will need Javascript enabled for translation to work.
PDF documents
We host a number of PDF documents. To download these documents, you will need Adobe Acrobat reader. To download this software visit the Adobe website.
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format:
- mwc.enquiries@nhs.scot
- 0131 313 8777
We’ll consider your request and aim to get back to you in two weeks.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
The Mental Welfare Commission 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 fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.
Non-accessible content
At the last test there were no areas of content found to be inaccessible to users of assistive technology.
We plan to ensure that information updates to the site are provided and laid out in an accessible manner for all users and that all information is available to sighted and screen reader users.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services.
When these PDFs are reviewed during normal business, we plan to either create accessible PDFs of these documents or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared in September 2024. It was last reviewed on 10 September 2024.
This website was last tested in September 2024. The test was carried out by Union Digital.
The accessibility statement was prepared by testing a random sampling of pages which were representative of all available content types on the website. These pages were tested on a variety of internet browsers including Chrome, Safari and Firefox, and a variety of devices, including Macbook, Windows Parallels and iPhone. Testing was done against the WCAG 2.2 success criteria.