Accessibility

We hope that you're not having any problems using this website. However, if you do have any difficulty viewing the site, there are some things you can do to make it easier. These include changing the settings of your browser to better suit your needs and using specially provided keyboard shortcuts in case you have difficulty using a mouse.

Changing browser settings

If you are having difficulties viewing our pages, most browsers allow users to change the settings in order to alter the way pages are displayed, which may improve readability.

Most browsers allow you to:

Ignore settings specified by a web page
Change the size of the font
Change the style of the font
Change the colour of the font
Change the background colour
Stop images downloading (so they are not visible)

To change your settings, please click on one of the following browser types for a step by step guide:

Internet Explorer

How do I ignore the font / colour settings specified on kmcc.nhs.uk?

How do I change the colours of the text and background on kmcc.nhs.uk?

How do I change the font style on kmcc.nhs.uk?

How do I change the font size on kmcc.nhs.uk?

How do I stop images downloading?

How do I ignore the font / colour settings specified on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the browser menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'
Click on the 'Accessibility' option, which can be found under the 'General' tab.
You will see the following options:

Ignore colours specified on web pages
Ignore font styles specified on web pages
Ignore font sizes specified on web pages

      4.    Tick the options that are appropriate to you.
      5.    Click 'OK'
      6.    Click 'OK' again to close the 'Internet Options' box

How do I change the colours of the text and background on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the browser menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'
Click on the 'Colours' option, which can be found under the 'General' tab
Untick the 'Use windows colours' option
Select your own text and background colours (black text on a yellow background provides the most contrast)
To change the colours of visited and unvisited links, click on the colours and select your preferred colour from the palette that appears
Click 'OK'
Click 'OK' again to close the 'Internet Options' box

How do I change the font style on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the browser menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'
Click on the 'Accessibility' option, which can be found under the 'General' tab
Tick the 'Ignore font styles specified on web pages' option
Click 'OK'
Back at the 'General' tab, click 'Fonts'
From this screen you can change the way your pages display 'web page font' and 'plain text font.'
Once you have chosen your required settings, click 'OK'
Click 'OK' again to close the 'Internet Options' box

How do I change the font size on kmcc.nhs.uk?

Go to 'View' and select 'Text Size' and select the appropriate size text, e.g. 'largest'
Adjust as appropriate

How do I stop images downloading?

This allows you to only view text and the page will load much faster
From the main menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'
Go to the 'Advanced' tab
Scroll down the settings until you reach 'Multimedia'
Untick the 'Show pictures' option
Click 'OK' to close the 'Internet Options' box

Netscape 7x

How do I ignore the font / colour settings specified on kmcc.nhs.uk?
How do I change the colours of the text and background on kmcc.nhs.uk?
How do I change the font style on kmcc.nhs.uk?
How do I change the font size on kmcc.nhs.uk?
How do I stop images downloading?

How do I ignore the font / colour settings specified on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Appearance' then 'Colours'
Under the heading 'When a web page provides its own colours and background' check the option next to 'Use my chosen colours, ignoring the colours and background image specified'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box

How do I change the colours of the text and background on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Appearance' then 'Colours'
Under the heading 'Text and Background' select your own text and background colours (black text on a yellow background provides the most contrast)
To change the colours of visited and unvisited links, click on the colours and select your preferred colour from the palette that appears
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box

How do I change the font style on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Appearance' then 'Fonts'
Change the font type to your required settings
To use these fonts when you visit all websites in future, untick the option next to 'Allow documents to use other fonts'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box

How do I change the font size on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, go to the 'View' menu and select 'Text Zoom'
Select the appropriate size text, e.g. 'Larger' Netscape also allows you to choose the size of the text as a percentage of the original, e.g. 150%

How do I stop images downloading?

This allows you to only view text and the page will load much faster
From the main menu, go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Privacy & Security' then 'Images'
Under the heading 'Image Acceptance Policy' check the option next to 'Do not load any images'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box

Opera

How do I ignore the font / colour settings specified on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, go to the 'File' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Page style'
Under the 'Author mode' option, untick the boxes next to 'Page style sheet' and 'Page fonts and colours'
Click 'OK to close the 'Preferences' box

How do I change the colours of the text and background on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, go to the 'File' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Fonts and colours'
Highlight the font type you would like to change, e.g. 'Normal' or 'Heading 1'
Click the 'Choose' button to the right. This will bring up a 'Font' box where you can change the font, font style and font size. Choose the settings that are suitable for you
Click 'OK' to close the 'Font' box
Back at the 'Fonts and colours' options, click on the box to the right of Background colour' and select your preferred colour from the palette that appears
To change colours of visited and not visited links, at 'Link style' click on the 'My link style' box to the right
The 'Links style' box will appear. Click on the colours and select your preferred colour from the palette that appears
Click 'OK' to close the 'Link style' box
Select 'Page style'
Under the 'Author mode' option, untick the boxes next to 'Page style sheet' and 'Page fonts and colours'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box

How do I change the font style on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, go to the 'File' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Fonts and colours'
Highlight the font type you would like to change, e.g. 'Normal' or 'Heading 1'
Click the 'Choose' button to the right. This will bring up a 'Font' box where you can change the font, font style and size of the font. Choose the settings that are suitable for you
Click 'OK' to close the 'Font' box
To use these fonts when you visit all websites in future select 'Page style' (under 'Fonts and colours')
Under the 'Author mode' option, untick the boxes next to 'Page style sheet' and 'Page fonts and colours.' Tick the box next to 'My fonts and colours'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box

How do I change the font size on kmcc.nhs.uk?

You can choose to zoom the contents of a page (text and images) from 20% - 1000%
From the main menu, go to 'View' and select 'Zoom'
Select the magnification of the page that is most suitable for you.

How do I stop images downloading?

This allows you to only view text and the page will load much faster
From the main menu, go to the 'File' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Multimedia'
Next to Images you will see a drop down menu. Click on the arrow to expand the menu and select 'Show no images'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box

Firefox

How do I ignore the font / colour settings specified on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, select 'View'.
Select 'Page Style' from the menu.
Here you can turn off the font and colour settings applied to NHS Choices.

How do I change the colours of the text and background on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, select Tools.
Select Options.
From the list of options, select 'Content'.
In the 'Fonts & Colours' section, click the 'Colours...' button.
Here you can change the background and text colours.

How do I change the font style and font size on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, select Tools.
Select Options.
From the list of options, select 'Content'.
In the 'Fonts & Colours' section, you can choose a different 'Default font' and choose an alternative 'Size' to suit your needs.

How do I stop images downloading?

From the main menu, select Tools.
Select Options.
From the list of options, select 'Content'.
In the list of settings available, untick the 'Load images automatically' check box.

Safari

How can I ensure the text is displayed to a certain size on kmcc.nhs.uk?
How do I change the font size on kmcc.nhs.uk?
How do I stop images downloading?

How can I ensure the text is displayed to a certain size on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, select 'Edit'.
Select ‘Preferences’ from the menu.
Click Advanced.
Select the checkbox to never use fonts smaller than the selected size.
Choose a font size from the pop-up menu.

How do I change the font size on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, select 'Edit'.
Select ‘Preferences’ from the menu.
From the list of options, select 'Appearence'.
You can ‘Select’ a different 'Default font' and choose an alternative 'Size' to suit your needs.

How do I stop images downloading on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, select 'Edit'.
Select ‘Preferences’ from the menu.
From the list of options, select 'Appearence'.
Untick the ‘Display images when the page opens' check box.

Google Chrome

How do I change the font style and font size on kmcc.nhs.uk?
How do I stop images downloading?

How do I change the font style and font size on kmcc.nhs.uk?

From the main menu, select ’Options’.
Select ‘Content Settings‘ from the ‘Under the Bonnet’ tab.
From the list of options, click on 'Change font and language settings'.
In this section you can choose a different 'Default font' and choose an alternative 'Size' to suit your needs.

How do I stop images downloading?

From the main menu, select ’Options’.
Select ‘Content Settings‘ from the ‘Under the Bonnet’ tab.
From this click on the ‘Images’ tab
In the list of settings available, tick the ‘Do not show any images’ radio button.

Access keys

We have provided a series of keyboard shortcuts intended to help users who have difficulty in using pointing devices such as a mouse. This web site uses the UK Government access key system and the following information summarises each of the keyboard shortcut commands available to you.

Depending on your browser type the pages can be accessed in the following ways:

Windows-based systems, in general, press the 'Alt' key and the relevant access key:

if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 then press 'Alt' and the relevant number/letter at the same time
if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or 6 then press 'Alt' and the relevant number/letter, then press the 'Enter' key
if you are using Netscape version 6 or later, or Mozilla, then press 'Alt' and the relevant number/letter at the same time

With Macintosh-based systems, press the 'Ctrl' key and the relevant access key

The kmcc.nhs.uk website currently supports the following keyboard shortcuts:

Key function enabled

Access keysKeys Function Available on site Alt + Sskip navigationYesAlt + 0the menu page of access keysYesAlt + 1home pageYesAlt + 2what's newNo - not applicableAlt + 3site mapYesAlt + 4search facilityYesAlt + 5frequently asked questionsNo - not applicableAlt + 6helpYesAlt + 7complaints procedureNoAlt + 8terms and conditionsYesAlt + 9feedbackYes

Please note that not all pages have these access keys enabled at present

If you have any difficulties or would like to suggest additional access keys, please contact us.

Mapping

kmcc.nhs.uk strives to meet the needs of computer users with visual impairment or other conditions that limit accessibility. Due to graphics-intensive nature of the geographic information on this site, we can only apologise that this cannot yet be presented in an accessible format. If you would like assistance with locating an organisation, please contact them using the telephone or address details supplied.