Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 431-2023
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Public Facing NHS Trust Website
1. What CMS/software and version does your public facing NHS Trust website use? e.g. In-house, Sharepoint, Jadu, Drupal 7.
We use WordPress
2. Is your public facing NHS Trust website hosted and supported by a third-party IT partner or on-premise? If a third party, when does your current contract expire?
We host externally and this expires in 2026.
3. When was your public facing NHS Trust website launched?
October 2019
4. What are your separate budgets for hosting/supporting and development for your public facing NHS Trust website?
We don’t have a separate budget for the website. The hosting is paid for from the communications team budget. All development is done in house by our digital communications team.
5. Which team/department/individual is responsible for maintaining your public facing NHS Trust website?
The communications team.
Digital Accessibility
1. When was your public facing NHS Trust website last audited for accessibility compliance?
In December 2022. It is audited monthly.
2. Which team/department/individual is responsible for maintaining accessibility compliance across your public facing websites?
The deputy head of communications and the communications team.
Website Content
1. Do you work with external marketing/communications suppliers to create content for your public facing services?
No, we do all content creation in house.
2. When was the last time you conducted a content audit on your website to remove outdated content?
We do this monthly as part of our housekeeping.