Accessibility statement
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain is committed to making its websites and mobile applications accessible, in accordance with the European Accessibility Act (EAA) (also known as Directive (EU) 2019/882).
This accessibility statement applies solely to The Pharmaceutical Journal website (www.pharmaceutical-journal.com).
We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- Zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen;
- Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard;
- Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software;
- Listen to most of the website using a screen reader.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not currently fully accessible and we will be working to improve this over time. For example:
- Some areas of our website are not currently accessible via keyboard;
- Keyboard focus is not visible on some areas of our website;
- The focus order could be improved on some areas of our website;
- Some of our existing images do not have alt text;
- Some of our existing images contain text;
- The presentation of our quiz answers relies on colour;
- Some of our figures and graphics are not accessible via a screen reader.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard (WCAG v2.2 AA), due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is not accessible for the following reasons:
(a) Non-compliance with the accessibility legislation:
- Our inline references and tooltips within articles are not accessible via keyboard or screen reader. We will be evaluating the options to improve accessibility;
- Some links/checkboxes on our webpages are not accessible via keyboard. These have been scheduled to be worked on and will be fixed over time;
- The keyboard focus is not visible on our quiz questions, and the ‘sort elements’ question type is not accessible via keyboard. We will be addressing this as part of our ongoing development;
- Some of the images used on our landing pages do not have alt text. These are being worked on and will be improved over time;
- The presentation of the quiz answers relies on colour to indicate the correct/incorrect answer. This is not interpreted by a screen reader. Any new quizzes will have the correct answer included in the explanation field, so it can be correctly interpreted by the screen reader;
- A mechanism is not available to dismiss additional content displayed upon hover. We will be evaluating the options to improve accessibility;
- Some of our podcast (PJ Pod) tracks, embedded via SoundCloud on the homepage, are not accessible via keyboard and the keyboard focus could be improved. We will be addressing this as part of our ongoing development.
(b) Out of scope of the legislation:
- The Directive does not require us to fix any archive content that will not be updated after 28 June 2025. This means that some of the content within our articles, including images, figures, graphics, videos and podcast episodes, will not meet WCAG v2.2 AA. Currently, we have no plans to update this content.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on: 1 July 2025
Method used to prepare the statement: Self-assessment
Last reviewed on: 1 July 2025
Feedback and contact information
If you experience any accessibility barriers or need content in an alternative format, please contact us:
The Pharmaceutical Journal support team: pharmpress-support@rpharms.com
Enforcement procedure
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may file a complaint via the enforcement procedure: Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
Email: complaints@equalityhumanrights.com
Address
Correspondence Unit
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Arndale House
Arndale Centre
Manchester
M4 3AQ