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Latest updates

July 2025

Updates to the service manual in July 2025
Section Update
Community and contribution

Added link to NHS App design system to Community resources page

Design system

Added new question pages pattern

Added guidance on how to use hint text and updated examples in design system

Updated WCAG 2.2 alerts in the design system and moved full list of changes to the design system to meet WCAG 2.2

Changed "Go back" to "Back" on back link and in back link examples on other pages

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Latest blog posts

Posts by the service manual team and community.

Screenshot of content page template from the NHS design system. It includes navigation and search in the header and a breadcrumbs component.

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.

Close-up of thumb and forefinger of someone viewing an NHS page on mobile. In shades of dark blue and black.

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.

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