Most strep A infections are mild and easily treated, but some are more serious. Visit the NHS website to learn more about symptoms to look out for, when to seek medical help and what to do in an emergency: nhs.uk/strep-a #StrepA #GroupAStrep

Hope someone is changing this letter.

This is important stuff. Please let us know what you think.

'To stay relevant and continue to meet users’ needs, digital services must constantly adapt and evolve.' Mark Robinson, Senior Content Designer, explains how we’re using content types to ensure content on the NHS website is accessible, safe and accurate. digital.nhs.uk/blog/design-ma…

Hurray. FutureLearn is running its introduction to #ContentDesign course again. designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2023/04/04/int…

In the latest NHS digital service manual release, among other things, we have: - 2 new experimental components (tab and character count) - a new design principle about sustainability - some recommendations about accessibility overlays and widgets service-manual.nhs.uk

The climate crisis is a health crisis. We have published a new NHS design principle to encourage anyone who is designing digital products and services for the NHS to consider the environmental impacts of their designs. #sustainability #designprinciple #NHS

How important is a collaborative cross-government design community that encourages sharing thoughts, problems and solutions? For the GOV.UK Design System, it's very important. Here's how the team approached updating their contribution model: designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2023/05/31/ite…

Absolutely horrified to learn that some accessibility overlay tools actively work to hide errors found by WAVE.

Has anyone seen a good example of a long description (text description) for a bar chart or table, please? I've seen lots of guidance about making charts and tables accessible but I'm looking for a real, live example. Or a real example of a long description for a complex image?

I didn't know there was a new ISO standard for plain language. (Thanks Neil Fazakerley.) Now, how to get hold of a copy? It's not cheap. iso.org/standard/78907…

🆕What is inclusive design and why is it important? Read how Samuel Martin and Ellen Doyle have been leading the development of principles to help teams at NHS England design more inclusively. ➡️digital.nhs.uk/blog/design-ma…

Ooh, the GOV.UK home page has changed. insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2023/11/01/a-b…

I've written a non-work blog post. Learning parkour in my sixties: a year of classes medium.com/@sarawilcox13/…

We have just published job adverts for critical roles in the Transformation Directorate at NHS England to lead user-centred design of national health services: Lead Service Designers: nhsdigitalweb.eploy.net/vacancies/2848… Lead Interaction Designer: jobs.digital.nhs.uk/vacancies/2970… #nhs #nhsjobs #ucd

We've just released some updates to the NHS digital service manual to help teams meet the new WCAG 2.2 accessibility requirements. service-manual.nhs.uk/accessibility/…

It's #GlobalAccessibility #Awareness Day! To celebrate #GAAD, here’s my NHS England Transformation blog describing my #livedexperience, #assistivetechnology and how be accessible to people like me #neurodiverse #neurospicy #dyslexia #autism digital.nhs.uk/blog/transform…

My 2024 end-of-year parkour blog post. In 2 parts. medium.com/@sarawilcox13/…