Submitted by Chris Yoong on Thursday 26th March 2026
Published on Friday 24th April 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Saturday 24th October 2026
Current Signatures: 77
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Access ~ Bodies ~ Code ~ Digital ~ Disabled ~ Favour ~ Mandate ~ NHS ~ NHS services ~ Public Sector ~ Regulations ~ Spending ~ Standards ~ technology ~ The NHS
Ban NHS services from purchasing accessibility overlays, plugins or toolbars
Prohibit all NHS bodies from purchasing or using accessibility overlays, toolbars, plugins or widgets. The Government should instead mandate that all NHS digital infrastructure meets WCAG 2.2 AA standards natively, ensuring full compatibility with users' own assistive technologies.
Accessibility overlays, toolbars and plugins often hinder disabled users by interfering with assistive technology. The NHS Service Manual advises against these "widgets," as they fail the 2018 Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations. We want a ban on spending any NHS funds on these products in favour of natively accessible code.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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