Development Opportunities

News

Shared health records

QI Academy

QI Fest and Roadshows

QI News

QI Showcase: Mental Capacity Audit

QI showcase: Co-produced self management resources

Bedfordshire Adult Community Healthcare Services

When using accessible descriptions (`aria-describedby`), ensure that the 
descriptions exist.

## Explanation

ARIA descriptions are commonly used to add supplementary information to 
elements in a page, especially form controls. For example:

```html
<input type="email" aria-describedby="email-help">
<p id="email-helpp">Enter your work email address</p>
```

In this example, the `aria-describedby` for the field points to an ID of `email-help`,
which doesn't exist. The paragraph it refers to instead has an ID of `email-helpp`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible description is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a description, but
that description is missing.

When a description is broken, key information about that element may be omitted from 
assistive technologies.

missing-aria-described-by

February 2026

January 2026

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

	Title / URL	Issues
	Development Opportunitieswww.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/careers/development-opportunities/	2
	Newswww.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/news/?page=5	2
	Shared health recordswww.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/shared-health-records/	2
	QI Academywww.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/think-qi/qi-training-and-support/qi-academy/	2
	QI Fest and Roadshowswww.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/think-qi/be-inspired/qi-fest-and-roadshows/	2
	QI Newswww.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/qi-news/?tag=a327c5a424bb4cb2bb449a6202ded0f6	2
	QI Showcase: Mental Capacity Auditwww.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/qi-news/2024/qi-showcase-mental-capacity-audit/	2
	Newswww.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/news/?tag=39e519ff85b044b19eace08ee5021de6	2
	QI showcase: Co-produced self management resourceswww.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/qi-news/2025/qi-showcase-community-health-hub/	2
	Bedfordshire Adult Community Healthcare Serviceswww.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/bedfordshire-adult-community-healthcare-services/	2

Fix missing ARIA description IDs

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Where this issue has occurred