Events - Lincolnshire ICB

Your health and services - Lincolnshire ICB

Working for us - Lincolnshire ICB

Reducing health inequalities - Lincolnshire ICB

Your GP - Lincolnshire ICB

Documents Library - Lincolnshire ICB

Stay active this winter - Lincolnshire ICB

Page not found - Lincolnshire ICB

Lincolnshire Care Record - Information for GP Practices - Lincolnshire ICB

Lincolnshire ICB - Supporting healthcare for the population of Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire ICB

Title / URL	Issues
Events - Lincolnshire ICBlincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/news/events/	2
Your health and services - Lincolnshire ICBlincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/your-health-and-services/	1
Working for us - Lincolnshire ICBlincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/	1
Reducing health inequalities - Lincolnshire ICBlincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/about-us/reducing-health-inequalities/	1
Your GP - Lincolnshire ICBlincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/your-health-and-services/choosewell/your-gp/	1
Documents Library - Lincolnshire ICBlincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/documents/annual-reports-and-accounts/	1
Stay active this winter - Lincolnshire ICBlincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/staywell/stay-active-this-winter/	1
Page not found - Lincolnshire ICBlincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Lincolnshire Care Record - Information for GP Practices - Lincolnshire ICBlincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/carerecord/information-for-gp-practices/	1
Lincolnshire ICB - Supporting healthcare for the population of Lincolnshirelincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

NHS Lincolnshire ICB

Where this issue has occurred