What's new
Find out what's happening with the service manual.
Latest updates
April 2024
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Accessibility guidance |
Added new accessibility requirements: WCAG 2.2 Added sections on making sure your service meets WCAG 2.2 for: Product and delivery and Design, Development and Testing |
Design system |
Added list of changes to meet new accessibility requirements to design system Updated components and styles for WCAG 2.2:
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Other |
Updated site map |
Latest blog posts
Posts by the service manual team and community.
Why should we build services using a design system?
Conor Rohan, Assurance Lead, Department of Health and Social Care, explains why we use the NHS.UK and GOV.UK design systems and which one to use.
A short(ish) history of the NHS design system, Part 1: 2016 – a website, a brand, and a handful of services
Dean Vipond, previously Lead Designer at NHS Digital, tells the history of the NHS digital design system, in 6 parts.
Latest show and tell
NHS digital service manual show and tell
We live-streamed the show and tell but the original video quality was not very good. This video has the presentation slides with the live audio.
The team talks about the redesign of the service manual, how to write good questions for forms, inclusive language, the beta service standard for health and the NHS Digital accessibility lab in Leeds. The NHS Leadership Academy also share a Wordpress theme based on the NHS.UK frontend library.