Head of Performance, Programmes and Communications
Kath Arrowsmith
Chief Nurse
Mabs Rahman
Chief Finance Officer
Manu Jeyam
Clinical Lead for the Enhanced Access Service
Dr Nafisan Saba
Wilfred Geere Clinical Lead
Sue Higson
Quality and Governance Lead
Barry Barlow
Enhanced Access Service Manager
Amy Humphries
Network Manager
Heather Porter
Network Manager
Matthew Mann
Head of the Greater Manchester Training Hub
Victoria Westwood
Senior Network Manager
Steph Psujek
Enhanced Access Service Administrator
Mercedes Grundy
Office Manager
Abby Edmonds
Deputy Network Manager
Abdullah Ashraf
Management Accountant
Lyndsay Bailey
GP Nurse Lead
Sumaya Mulla
Personal Assistant
Emily Rigby
Medical Secretary
Chloe Jackson
Deputy Network Manager
Priti Mistry
Primary Care Network Data Quality Officer
Sharron McCarthy
Enhance Access Service Administrator
Courtney O'Gara
Service Administrator
Hafeeza Bhaiyat
Lead Pharmacist
Jack Ayling
Communications Officer
Ireland Hackett
Service Support
Yusuf Rahman
Finance Support
Clinical Pharmacists
Habiba Ahmad
Kiran Altaf
Mehraj Essa
Bhavisha Jariwala
Nabeelah Illahi
Amirah Khan
Ali Mitha
Sabiha Patel
Sumaiya Sajid
Amma Asamoah-Twum
Raisah Shazad
Asma Vali
Iqra Yasin
Rebena Khan
Apryl Yap
Raeesa Ali
Fehmida Yusuf
Amy Chesterton
Arifa Patel
Fatema Bhata
Uzma Patel
Mohammed Chadat
Fatema Bhata
Sumaiya Aya
Raziya Bana
Adrian Buiac
Ruqqia Shah
Anisa Shah
Saliha Maroof
Shajeda Sidda
Sandra Natembo
Pharmacy Technicians
Kirsty Broadbent
Kim Baker
Jane Melia
Andrea Moffat
Deborah Craddock
Kelly-Rae Davies
Faye Wilby
Sarah Hall
Paramedics
Stephen Fielding
David Haslam
Sarah Chapman
Gina Vernazza
Robyn Meyer
Nicola Jordan
Sophie Howard
Heidi Greally
Amanda Lewis
Adam Blaney
Jane Fryer
Social Prescribing Link Workers
Arvind Adma
Jacqueline McFadden
Julie Wright
Patricia Goodwin
Jenna Scholes
Jayne Filio
Natalie Jones
Alison Lowe
Andrea Hollman
Raeesah Mangera
Toni Smith-Pickles
Hannah Livesey
First Contact Physiotherapists
James Limbert
Rituraj Patwardhan
Simon Pendlebury
Harry Theocharous
Stuart Baker
Emily Lucas
Paul Edney
Alisha Walters
Cameron Fleming
Thomas Slater
Waseem Pahadi
Stuart Barker
Nursing Associates
Rachael Croft
Melissa Hutchinson
Physician Associates
Sadiyah Kalssom
Faiza Rehman
Doyel Ray
Rafah Abdorab
Mental Health Practitioners
Maurizio Farina
Brendan Sharples
Denise Bowman
Damon Flannery
Lauren Wright
Samantha Barker
Dieticians
Caroline Burgum
Care Co-Ordinators
Megan Higgins
Margret Warren
Varsha Iteea Herroo
Megan Murray
Nicola Martin
Sajeda Patel
Summer Bokhari
Associate Psychological Practitioners
Paul Charlson
Aaron Taylor
Isaac Mccan
Digital and Transformation Lead
Barbara Smith
GP Assistant
Hollie Nolan
Jessica Goodman
Kirsty Moss
Lauren Barrow
Mishaal Altaf
Megan Bryan
Nicola Henry
Rebecca Louden
Nazmeen Khan
John C Solomons
Samantha Conway
Robert Benedek
Sarah Dawson
Accessibility
Online Dictionary
Readable Experience
Content Scaling
Default
Text Magnifier
Readable Font
Dyslexia Friendly
Highlight Titles
Highlight Links
Font Sizing
Default
Line Height
Default
Letter Spacing
Default
Left Aligned
Center Aligned
Right Aligned
Visually Pleasing Experience
Dark Contrast
Light Contrast
Monochrome
High Contrast
High Saturation
Low Saturation
Adjust Text Colors
Adjust Title Colors
Adjust Background Colors
Easy Orientation
Mute Sounds
Hide Images
Virtual Keyboard
Reading Guide
Stop Animations
Reading Mask
Highlight Hover
Highlight Focus
Big Dark Cursor
Big Light Cursor
Navigation Keys
Accessibility Statement
www.boltongpfed.co.uk
November 21, 2024
Compliance status
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience,
regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level.
These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible
to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific
disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML,
adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Screen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with
screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive
a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements,
alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website.
In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag
for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology.
To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on
as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over 7 different coloring options.
Animations – epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and assistive technology compatibility
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to