Accessibility

Accessibility statement

Quick summary

• We want everyone to be able to use this site, including with a keyboard, a screen reader or zoomed in.
• We checked the whole site on 12 November 2026 and fixed what we found.
• If anything is hard to use, please tell us and we'll put it right.

This statement is for whycantiburp.com.

What you can do on this site

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. You should be able to:

• zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
• use the whole site with just a keyboard, including the GP letter tool, the map and Burt's Big Burp game
• use the site with a screen reader (such as VoiceOver, TalkBack or NVDA)
• switch on dark mode, or let the site follow your phone's setting
• turn on "reduce motion" on your phone or computer and see less movement (the game switches to "Less motion" by itself)
• hide content about being sick or emetophobia with the switch at the top of every page

We've also made the words as simple as we can. Most pages are written for a reading age of about 9 to 11.

What we fixed on 12 November 2026

• Pop-up panels (the welcome question, the Menu and "Want us in your country?") now keep keyboard focus inside them until you close them. Press Esc to close them. On the welcome question, Esc means "No, show everything".
• The bottom menu bar on phones no longer covers a link you've moved to with a keyboard.
• A stronger focus outline. The thing you've moved to with a keyboard now has a dark ring with an orange glow, on every button, link and form box.
• Clearer form boxes. The edges of text boxes are darker, so they're easier to see.
• Named question groups. Every group of tick boxes and choices in the GP, MP and insurer letter tools is now read out with its question.
• "Here's your letter". When your letter is made, focus moves to it, so screen readers read it out straight away.
• Links that open a new tab now say so to screen readers.
• Form errors now stay on screen next to the form, and screen readers hear them when they land on the box.
• Less motion. If your device asks for reduced motion, we turn off animations and smooth scrolling everywhere.
• The PDF letters now say they're in UK English, so screen readers use the right voice.
• Small fixes: bigger source "i" buttons, a clearer name for the logo link and the footer sign-up box, and symbols like the phone icon are no longer read out.

What still needs work

We know about these things and are working on them:

• The PDF letters are plain text PDFs without tags. The same letter is shown on screen, and you can copy it with "Copy letter", which works well with screen readers.
• The map pins can't be reached with a keyboard. Every clinic on the map is also listed as text under the map.
• Some clinic descriptions on Find a specialist use longer sentences.
• Some pictures of Burt have long descriptions. They're just for fun, and we're looking at making them shorter.

Tell us if something is hard to use

If you find something hard to use, or you need any information from this site in a different format (like large print, a Word document or a simple text letter), please tell us:

• use our contact form
• email hello@whycantiburp.com

We aim to reply within 5 working days.

If you're not happy with our reply

This is a free, independent website, not a public sector body, so the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018 don't apply to us. We follow them anyway as good practice. If you're not happy with how we respond to a problem you report, please tell us and we'll do our best to put it right.

Technical information

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 at level AA.

This website is partially compliant with WCAG 2.2 AA, because of the things listed under "What still needs work".

How we tested this website

We last tested this website on 12 November 2026. We used automated tools (axe and Lighthouse) at computer and phone sizes, and checked by hand with a keyboard, at 200% zoom and at 320 pixels wide, with reduced motion and with dark mode. We tested the home page, What is R-CPD, Symptoms, Treatment, Recovery, Find a specialist, GP letter, Symptom checker, Guides and two guide pages, Community, Jargon buster, Burt's Big Burp, The NHS and Contact.

This statement was prepared on 12 November 2026 and last reviewed on 12 November 2026.

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