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National Drug Treatment Monitoring System

Accessibility statement for NDTMS - National Drug Treatment Monitoring System

This accessibility statement applies to https://www.ndtms.net/.

This website is run by Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website

AbilityNet 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:

  • Many controls do not work with a keyboard or screen reader
  • Horizontal scrolling appears on pages with maps and tables
  • Some of the charts contain information that is not available to keyboard and screen reader users
  • Interactive widgets such as tabs and autocompletes are difficult to use with a screen reader
  • Visual notifications are not announced to screen readers

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format (e.g. accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille):

We will consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact NDEC: ndec@manchester.ac.uk.

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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities 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 not compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons:

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Page interaction and navigation

  • Some interactive page elements in ViewIt Young People are not keyboard accessible
  • Maps and data visualisations in ViewIt Young People can only be interacted with using a mouse
  • Interacting with some page elements in ViewIt Young People causes unexpected changes to page contents
  • Within ViewIt Young People maps and data visualisations, tooltips appear on mouse hover but are not dismissible using the keyboard

HTML

  • HTML in ViewIt Young People was not well-formed and contained issues that may impact assistive technologies
  • Presentational code in ViewIt Young People is embedded within structural code on all pages. This utilises third party software and cannot be changed

Page zoom

  • Horizontal scrolling occurs on some pages in ViewIt Young People when page zoom level is increased to 400%
  • Data visualisations in ViewIt Young People are not readable when page zoom is increased to 400%

Page content

  • Changing the text spacing in ViewIt Young People causes some overlapping of text within data visualisations which makes content difficult to read
  • No text alternative was provided for some maps and data visualisations in ViewIt Young People and parental substance misuse

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

A Power BI version of ViewIt Young People has been developed which is currently being tested, once this has been completed the new version will be made available around September 2025.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 6th June, 2025. This website was last reviewed on 1st March, 2025. The review was carried out by the digital and technology assurance team of the NHS transformation directorate.

For the previous version of the accessibility statement please download this pdf: NDTMS - Accessibility statement v2

Last updated 06/06/2025