FAQs

Flexible working

Leave entitlement

Employee relations

Talent management

Agenda for change

Wellbeing

Occupational Health

Salary

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

February 2026

January 2026

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Title / URL	Issues
FAQswww.uhb.nhs.uk/hr/hr-faqs/	22
Flexible workingwww.uhb.nhs.uk/hr/flexible-working/	10
Leave entitlementwww.uhb.nhs.uk/hr/leave-entitlement/	9
Employee relationswww.uhb.nhs.uk/hr/employee-relations/	8
Talent managementwww.uhb.nhs.uk/hr/talent-management/	7
Agenda for changewww.uhb.nhs.uk/hr/pay/agenda-for-change/	6
Wellbeingwww.uhb.nhs.uk/hr/well-being/	5
Occupational Healthwww.uhb.nhs.uk/hr/occupational-health/	3
Salarywww.uhb.nhs.uk/hr/pay/salary/	3
Paywww.uhb.nhs.uk/hr/pay/	3

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Where this issue has occurred