Accessibility Statement

INQUEST is committed to making our website accessible and usable for as many people as possible. We want everyone who needs INQUEST’s support, information and resources to be able to access them without unnecessary barriers.

This accessibility statement applies to inquest.org.uk. This website is run by INQUEST.

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 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:

  • some older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please let us know. Ways you can contact us are detailed on our Contact Us page. 

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille please contact us; We’ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.

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

INQUEST is committed to making its website accessible.

Compliance status

We believe this website to be fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

PDFs and other documents

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.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Making the site accessible to everyone is very important to us. We continue to test and improve the site where appropriate.

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