A neighbourhood health service in Southwark - South East London ICS

News - South East London ICS

A neighbourhood health service in Greenwich - South East London ICS

Workforce - South East London ICS

Events - South East London ICS

South West - South East London ICS

MMR Vaccines - South East London ICS

Dulwich - South East London ICS

Neighbourhood two - South East London ICS

Page not found - South East London ICS

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 South East London ICB

Title / URL	Issues
A neighbourhood health service in Southwark - South East London ICSwww.selondonics.org/in-your-area/southwark/int/	2
News - South East London ICSwww.selondonics.org/news/	2
A neighbourhood health service in Greenwich - South East London ICSwww.selondonics.org/in-your-area/greenwich/int/	2
Workforce - South East London ICSwww.selondonics.org/who-we-are/our-work/workforce/	2
Events - South East London ICSwww.selondonics.org/events/	2
South West - South East London ICSwww.selondonics.org/in-your-area/bromley/int/south-west/	1
MMR Vaccines - South East London ICSwww.selondonics.org/in-your-area/greenwich/mmr-vaccines/	1
Dulwich - South East London ICSwww.selondonics.org/in-your-area/southwark/int/dulwich/	1
Neighbourhood two - South East London ICSwww.selondonics.org/in-your-area/lewisham/int/two/	1
Page not found - South East London ICSwww.selondonics.org/invented-url-for-404-page	1

Ensure form controls have labels

NHS South East London ICB

Where this issue has occurred