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June 2020

Updates to the service manual in July 2020
Section Update
Design system

Updated guidance and added more examples for the error message component

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Latest blog posts

Posts by the service manual team and community.

Making the NHS.UK focus state accessible (with help from GOV.UK)

Published on: 13 March 2020

Medium

The NHS is for everyone, so all NHS digital services need to be accessible to everyone. That's why the NHS digital service manual team recently made the NHS.UK frontend more accessible by redesigning the focus state styles — with help from the GOV.UK Design System team. Dave Hunter, designer, explains.

Making digital services more inclusive

Published on: 7 January 2020

NHS digital transformation blog

The NHS digital service manual helps teams make their services more respectful and inclusive. But it’s not always easy to get it right as Sara Wilcox, the content designer on the team, explains.

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Latest show and tell

NHS digital service manual show and tell

Recorded on: 13 February 2020

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.

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