A to Z of Departments

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Accessibility Statement - Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

	Title / URL	Issues
	A to Z of Departmentswww.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/a-to-z-of-services	31
	A to Z of Departmentswww.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/a-to-z-of-departments/	31
	A to Z of Departmentswww.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/about-us/our-services	31
	A to Z of Departmentswww.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/a-to-z-of-departments	31
	Join the team at Ashford and St Peter'swww.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/jobs	10
	Join the team at Ashford and St Peter'swww.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/jointheteam	10
	Our Vacancieswww.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/jointheteam/our-vacancies	10
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/	8
	Welcome to Ashford and St Peter's Hospitalswww.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/	8
	Accessibility Statement - Ashford and St Peter's Hospitalswww.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/accessibility-statement	6

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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