Changes to gpsite websites
Every gpsite practice website is built from the same standards. When a standard changes, we update every website and list the change here.
Newest first.
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· Standard wording
Our email address is off the complaints page and accessibility statement; on the website privacy page it says it is for the website only.
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· Accessibility
The urgent help headings on the home and services pages no longer carry role="text", which is not a valid ARIA role.
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· Layout
With an emergency notice up, the home page shows a long practice name a little smaller, so the links patients need stay on the first screen.
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· Accessibility
The accessibility statement says which automatic checks run on every page, and which on a set of websites chosen to cover the longest names and pages.
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· Layout
The practice's CQC rating has moved from the top of the home page to the bottom, just above the footer.
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· Layout
On a phone, when an emergency notice is up, the home page's top section is more compact and the address moves below the NHS links.
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· Accessibility
With text enlarged on a narrow screen, the practice name in the header moves under the NHS logo instead of running off the edge.
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· Standard wording
Every registration page now says you do not need an NHS number to register.
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· Accessibility
The accessibility statement now says each type of page was checked on 25 October 2026 using the keyboard alone, and the screen reader check was machine-read.
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· Accessibility
Printed pages keep the contact card's heading inside its card and no longer split weekday names across lines.
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· Accessibility
The emergency notice's "Important" heading now prints in black.
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· Layout
On phones, the top of the home page is more compact, so its online and NHS links fit on the first screen.
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· Standard wording
Every services page now has short Pharmacy First, fit note and test results sections, each linking to nhs.uk.
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· Layout
News items now appear from the date they were published.
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· Privacy
Every website's privacy page now names the company that runs the website.
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· Layout
Every page now ends with a small line saying who builds and runs the website.
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· Health links
The 'Order a repeat prescription' link now goes to the NHS website's guide.
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· Standard wording
Every contact page now shows the practice's online service, the NHS App and its phone number together.
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· Layout
Service descriptions now keep the line breaks the practice's own website used.
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· Standard wording
Every complaints page now says that every GP practice must have a patient participation group.
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· Accessibility
Long web addresses and words now wrap on small screens instead of making the page scroll sideways.
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· Layout
Every page now has a short description and a preview image for search engines and shared links.
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· Standard wording
Every registration page now says you can register online with the NHS service or on a paper form.
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· Standard wording
Every services page now says that evening and weekend appointments are available through the practice's Primary Care Network.
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· Layout
News items, changes to opening hours and emergency notices now come off the website on their own once their date has passed.
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· Standard wording
Every home page with a CQC rating now shows the rating, the date of the report and a link to the practice's page on the CQC website.
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· Layout
On phones, there is now a gap between the NHS logo and the Menu button.
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· Layout
Fixed a fault where a phone could show a new page with an older stylesheet.
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· Standard wording
On draft websites, the complaints page quotes the complaints and feedback lines from the practice's current website.
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· Standard wording
News items are no longer copied from the practice's old website.
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· Standard wording
Every contact page now carries standard lines about interpreters.
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· Standard wording
Home introductions and bus route notes from old websites are no longer shown.
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· Standard wording
Contact pages no longer repeat the old website's 111 and 999 notes; the standard "When we are closed" section gives them.
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· Layout
A long urgent notice is shortened on the home page, with a link to the full notice.
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· Privacy
The Website privacy page now has a section on the right to object.
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· Standard wording
Every complaints page now names the Friends and Family Test.
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· Accessibility
Every accessibility statement now follows the GOV.UK model statement.
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· Standard wording
Every website now has standard sections for part of the information a practice leaflet must contain.
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· Health links
The home page now links to NHS 111 online, the nhs.uk Health A to Z, You and your general practice, and online booking.
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· Layout
The home page now lists upcoming changes to opening hours.
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· Health links
Every Services page now has the same Health information section of links to nhs.uk.
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· Privacy
The Website privacy page now says how long Cloudflare, the website's host, keeps details of visits, and where.
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· Privacy
Every website now has a Website privacy page.
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· Standard wording
Every website now has a standard complaints page.
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· Layout
On phones, the page links are now behind one Menu button.
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· Standard wording
Draft websites now say at the top that they are not the practice's official website, and link to it.
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· Layout
The home page now leads with the phone number, the opening hours and the main things patients can do online.
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· Layout
First version: the same fixed set of pages on every website, built with the NHS design system.
Any questions? Contact us: contact@mypracticemanager.co.uk