GP practices | NHS 24

Aberfoyle & Buchlyvie Medical Centre (Aberfoyle Medical Centre) - GP practice

Dental services | NHS 24

April 2020 | NHS 24

Armed Forces | NHS 24

About NHS 24 | NHS 24

NHS 24 urges students to prioritise health

June 2024 | NHS 24

Statistical releases | NHS 24

Our centres | NHS 24

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

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Title / URL	Issues
GP practices \| NHS 24www.nhs24.scot/find-a-service/gp-practices/	2
Aberfoyle & Buchlyvie Medical Centre (Aberfoyle Medical Centre) - GP practicewww.nhs24.scot/find-a-service/gp-practices/825%201cls1116/	2
Dental services \| NHS 24www.nhs24.scot/find-a-service/dental-services/	2
April 2020 \| NHS 24www.nhs24.scot/publications/board-papers/april-2020/	1
Armed Forces \| NHS 24www.nhs24.scot/careers/armed-forces/	1
About NHS 24 \| NHS 24www.nhs24.scot/about-nhs-24/	1
NHS 24 urges students to prioritise healthwww.nhs24.scot/nhs-24-urges-students-to-prioritise-health/	1
June 2024 \| NHS 24www.nhs24.scot/publications/june-2024/	1
Statistical releases \| NHS 24www.nhs24.scot/publications/statistics/statistical-releases/	1
Our centres \| NHS 24www.nhs24.scot/careers/our-centres/	1

Ensure form controls have labels

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Where this issue has occurred