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Accessibility

The National Health Care Institute wants everyone to be able to use its websites effectively. If you still come across a page that is not accessible, please report it to us.

What is an accessible website?

An accessible website can be used more easily by all audiences. That is why the 'Temporary Government Digital Accessibility Decree' states that government sites must comply with accessibility requirements as set out in EN 301 549/WCAG 2.1. The extent to which websites meet these requirements is published annually in an accessibility statement.

Ensuring an accessible website

We make sure our websites are accessible and take measures for this in our daily work:

  • Accessibility 'by design': accessibility is part of all steps in the editorial process of our website right from the start. 
  • Research: independent experts regularly review (parts of) the website for accessibility. We resolve any constraints that are found. 
  • Staff knowledge: our staff keep their knowledge of accessibility up to date and apply it where necessary.

Accessibility statement

The websites of the National Health Care Institute partially comply with accessibility requirements. In our statement, we explain in which areas we are not yet fully compliant and state the timeframe in which we expect to resolve these issues. The statement was signed on 1 November 2024 as 'seen and approved' by an authorised signatory of National Health Care Institute. 

Measures

The National Health Care Institute is taking the following measures to resolve discrepancies and improve accessibility:

  • We continue to develop our platform for websites and web applications of the National Health Care Institute. 
  • We ensure that via the dashboard, the overview of all our websites and web applications is up to date.
  • We commission accessibility research for content and technology.
  • We impress on our designers, developers, testers, editors and document managers the need to make and keep the website or web application accessible.
  • We take accessibility requirements into account when purchasing external software packages.
  • We are setting up a process for the accessible publication of new information.
  • We are setting up a process to periodically test for accessibility internally ourselves.

The National Health Care Institute is solving the problems and expects to meet all 56 WCAG 2.1, level A and AA success criteria that have been and are being examined by 2028.

Disproportionate burden

The measures named have not resulted in a disproportionate burden.

Any queries or comments?

If you have a question or comment on accessibility, please get in touch via our contact form.