Accessibility Statement

This website is fully responsive and can be viewed on a variety of devices such as PC, laptop, tablet and smartphone.

The site should be viewable by all the major browsers including Internet Explorer IE6.0 and above, Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and above, Google Chrome 2.0 Safari, and Opera 9.0 and above.

The site has been developed to be as accessible to as wide an audience as possible and we have designed the site to meet W3C WAI AA standards of accessibility and according to NHS Guidelines.

You should be able to view the site in alternative text sizes and colours and we recommend you do this via your browser. The option to do this via our website is available in the top left hand navigation on our home page.

You can upgrade to IE 11 by visiting the Microsoft site and following the instructions – click here

To download any other compatible web browser, (ie Chrome or Firefox) simply do a web search for the browser and you will be prompted to download the latest version.

Accessible Information Standard

For more information on the Accessible Information Standard please click here.

Interpretation and Translation Service

The Trust offers a full interpretation and translation service to all the patients, parents, and carers who cannot communicate in English.

For more information on this Service please contact:

Nayla Rehan – Interpretation & Translation Service Manager

Telephone: 0161 778 5939 (Int 75939)

Email: Nayla.rehan@pat.nhs.uk

Interpretation & Translation Service Team

Telephone: 0161 627 8770 (Int 78770)

Typetalk: 0161 656 1917

Text: 07966003540

Email: Interpretation@pat.nhs.uk

Text only link

You will  find a text only link at the top of every page on our site. This allows you to view a high contrast and low-bandwidth version of the website. Within text-only mode, you can change your preferred colours and font-sizes to suit your reading preferences.

Text sizing

If you are having difficulty reading the text on this page and would like to increase its size simply do the following:

Internet Explorer:

  • Click the “View” menu at the top of the browser window.
  • Select “Text Size” from the menu.
  • In the sub-menu that appears select which text size you want to use, Smallest, Smaller, Medium, Larger, or Largest (Medium is the default).
  • Alternatively hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and use the mouse wheel to increase/decrease the text size of this site.

Firefox:

  • Click the “View” menu at the top of the browser window.
  • Select “Text Size” from the menu.
  • Select “Increase” or “Decrease” to alter the size of the text.
  • Alternatively hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and use the mouse wheel to increase/decrease the text size of this site.

Safari:

  • Click the “View” menu at the top of the browser window.
  • Select “Zoom in” or “Zoom Out” to alter the size of the text.
  • Alternatively hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and use the mouse wheel to increase/decrease the text size of this site.

Opera:

  • Click the “View” menu at the top of the browser window.
  • Then select text size you want to use (as a percentage of the original).
  • Alternatively hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and use the mouse wheel to increase/decrease the text size of this site.

Chrome:

  • Click the “View” menu at the top of the browser window.
  • Select “Zoom in” or “Zoom Out” to alter the size of the text.
  • Alternatively hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and use the mouse wheel to increase/decrease the text size of this site.
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