NHS Forth Valley – Media Release

NHS Forth Valley – News

NHS Forth Valley – Forth Valley Royal Hospital

NHS Forth Valley – NHS Forth Valley De-escalated to Stage 2

NHS Forth Valley Events for November 2025

NHS Forth Valley Events from 26 September, 2022 - 5 September, 2023

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

January 2026

December 2025

NHS Forth Valley

	Title / URL	Issues
	NHS Forth Valley – Media Releasenhsforthvalley.com/category/press-release/	7
	NHS Forth Valley – Newsnhsforthvalley.com/news/page/5/	7
	NHS Forth Valley – Newsnhsforthvalley.com/news/	7
	NHS Forth Valley – Newsnhsforthvalley.com/news/page/3/	7
	NHS Forth Valley – Newsnhsforthvalley.com/news/page/2/	7
	NHS Forth Valley – Newsnhsforthvalley.com/news/page/4/	7
	NHS Forth Valley – Forth Valley Royal Hospitalnhsforthvalley.com/category/fvrh/	7
	NHS Forth Valley – NHS Forth Valley De-escalated to Stage 2nhsforthvalley.com/nhs-forth-valley-de-escalated-to-stage-2/	7
	NHS Forth Valley Events for November 2025nhsforthvalley.com/events/month/	6
	NHS Forth Valley Events from 26 September, 2022 - 5 September, 2023nhsforthvalley.com/events/list/page/2/	6

Ensure form controls have labels

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