2018 August - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

2017 September - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

2018 September - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

2016 November - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

2019 August - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

2023 February - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

2021 February - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

2024 August - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

2015 October - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

2019 July - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

When using accessible descriptions (`aria-describedby`), ensure that the 
descriptions exist.

## Explanation

ARIA descriptions are commonly used to add supplementary information to 
elements in a page, especially form controls. For example:

```html
<input type="email" aria-describedby="email-help">
<p id="email-helpp">Enter your work email address</p>
```

In this example, the `aria-describedby` for the field points to an ID of `email-help`,
which doesn't exist. The paragraph it refers to instead has an ID of `email-helpp`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible description is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a description, but
that description is missing.

When a description is broken, key information about that element may be omitted from 
assistive technologies.

missing-aria-described-by

January 2026

December 2025

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Title / URL	Issues
2018 August - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trustwww.dgft.nhs.uk/2018/08/	1
2017 September - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trustwww.dgft.nhs.uk/2017/09/	1
2018 September - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trustwww.dgft.nhs.uk/2018/09/	1
2016 November - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trustwww.dgft.nhs.uk/2016/11/	1
2019 August - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trustwww.dgft.nhs.uk/2019/08/	1
2023 February - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trustwww.dgft.nhs.uk/2023/02/	1
2021 February - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trustwww.dgft.nhs.uk/2021/02/	1
2024 August - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trustwww.dgft.nhs.uk/2024/08/	1
2015 October - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trustwww.dgft.nhs.uk/2015/10/	1
2019 July - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trustwww.dgft.nhs.uk/2019/07/	1

Fix missing ARIA description IDs

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Where this issue has occurred