This accessibility statement applies to the Turas Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Illness application (https://turassari.nes.nhs.scot/).
This application is run by NHS Education for Scotland. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this application. For example, that means you should be able to:
• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the application using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the application using speech recognition software
• skip to content links at the top of the page
We’ve also made the application text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
Parts of this application are not fully accessible. For example:
• some focus styles are missing, which makes it visually difficult to see what element is currently selected when using a keyboard
• there are duplicate IDs across some form elements within the application, which may cause confusion for screen readers
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this application.
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us at:
support.web@nes.scot.nhs.uk
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).
NHS Education for Scotland is committed to making its applications accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
The application has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard.
This application is partially compliant with the WCAG 2.1 AA standard due to the non-compliances listed below.
The content is non-accessible for the following reasons:
• duplicate IDs on some form elements make it difficult for screen readers to differentiate between elements – this fails WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 4.1.1: Parsing
• missing focus styles on some interactive elements such as buttons – this fails WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 2.4.7: Focus Visible
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.
The Turas platform is going through a redesign process and will be implementing a new design system which will bring older applications up to the WCAG 2.2 standard.
Turas Learn and Portfolio are the first applications scheduled to be upgraded in the 2025/2026 financial year.
This statement was prepared on 10 November 2025.
It was last reviewed on 10 November 2025.
This application was last tested on 23 September 2021 against the WCAG 2.1 AA standard.
The audit was carried out by a member of the NHS Education for Scotland digital team.
All pages in the application were tested using the following:
• Lighthouse Accessibility Tool (Chrome and Microsoft Edge)
• Keyboard navigation
• JAWS screen reader
Pages tested included:
• Homepage
• Pages with form elements
• Pages with tables
• Pages with text