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Updates to the service manual in February 2025
Section	Update
Accessibility	Updated guidance on providing informative page titles and using headings correctly
Content guide	Updated guidance on PDFs and other non-HTML documents to mention WCAG 2.2 Added new guidance about headings on Formatting page Split up Formatting and Punctuation sections and added Links guidance to Formatting page Added new entries to the A to Z of NHS health writing for: ear drop and words like eardrum and earlobe eye drop and words like eyelash and eyelid incontinence products log in and log out
Design system	Added new panel component and confirmation page pattern Added new guidance on page titles on Page template page

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Published on: 8 June 2022

GOV.UK

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.

Published on: 1 February 2022

Medium

Dean Vipond, previously Lead Designer at NHS Digital, tells the history of the NHS digital design system, in 6 parts.