District Nursing – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Paediatrics – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Urology – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Cancer services – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Ophthalmology – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Oral and Maxillofacial – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Breast Services – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Gynaecology – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Rheumatology – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

All table headers should define a valid `scope` attribute, which tells assistive technologies
what the header refers to.

For example:

```html
<table>
    <thead>
    <tr>
        <th scope="col">Name</th>
        <th scope="col">Age</th>
    </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
    <tr>
        <td>Bob</td>
        <td>35</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Sue</td>
        <td>45</td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
```

In this example, the `scope` attribute indicates the two `<th>` cells are column 
headers, which allows assistive technologies to read out those headers alongside
each `<td>` cell. 

Without this information, the structure of the table is only apparent to people
who are able to see it.

add-scope-attribute-to-table-headers

August 2025

July 2025

East Sussex County Healthcare NHS Trust

	Title / URL	Issues
	District Nursing – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trustwww.esht.nhs.uk/service/district-nursing/	3
	Paediatrics – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trustwww.esht.nhs.uk/service/paediatrics/	2
	Urology – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trustwww.esht.nhs.uk/service/urology/	2
	Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trustwww.esht.nhs.uk/service/ear-nose-and-throat/	2
	Cancer services – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trustwww.esht.nhs.uk/service/cancer-services/	2
	Ophthalmology – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trustwww.esht.nhs.uk/service/ophthalmology/	2
	Oral and Maxillofacial – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trustwww.esht.nhs.uk/service/oral-and-maxillofacial/	2
	Breast Services – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trustwww.esht.nhs.uk/service/breast-services/	2
	Gynaecology – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trustwww.esht.nhs.uk/service/gynaecology/	2
	Rheumatology – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trustwww.esht.nhs.uk/service/rheumatology/	2

Add a scope to table headings

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