Your Future Hospital | Dorset County Hospital

Services - Y | Dorset County Hospital

Services - R | Dorset County Hospital

Consultants - N | Dorset County Hospital

Research at Dorset County Hospital | Dorset County Hospital

Services - Z | Dorset County Hospital

Services - T | Dorset County Hospital

Services - G | Dorset County Hospital

Latest News | Dorset County Hospital

Sitemap | Dorset County Hospital

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

May 2024

April 2024

Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust

Title / URL	Issues
Your Future Hospital \| Dorset County Hospitalwww.dchft.nhs.uk/about-us/your-future-hospital/	5
Services - Y \| Dorset County Hospitalwww.dchft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/a-z-of-services/y/	5
Services - R \| Dorset County Hospitalwww.dchft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/a-z-of-services/r/	5
Consultants - N \| Dorset County Hospitalwww.dchft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/consultant-guide/n-2/	5
Research at Dorset County Hospital \| Dorset County Hospitalwww.dchft.nhs.uk/about-us/research-at-dorset-county-hospital/	5
Services - Z \| Dorset County Hospitalwww.dchft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/a-z-of-services/z/	5
Services - T \| Dorset County Hospitalwww.dchft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/a-z-of-services/t/	5
Services - G \| Dorset County Hospitalwww.dchft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/a-z-of-services/g/	5
Latest News \| Dorset County Hospitalwww.dchft.nhs.uk/about-us/latest-news/	5
Sitemap \| Dorset County Hospitalwww.dchft.nhs.uk/about-us/sitemap/	5

Ensure form controls have labels

Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust

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