NHS Choices welcomes and encourages other websites to link to it. If you wish to link to NHS Choices there are three linking options we recommend:
- Text links to NHS Choices content
- Text links to NHS Choices homepage
- NHS Choices logo
To enhance the user experience we recommend options one and two to enable users to understand exactly where they will land and what content they can expect to receive when they get to NHS Choices.
1. Text links to NHS Choices content
To offer users a better experience, consider using descriptive anchor text and linking directly to the relevant NHS Choices article page. A list of suggested content areas and anchor text is provided below
Suggested link/anchor text Link target URL
A-Z of conditions and treatments http://www.nhs.uk/conditions
Alcohol http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/alcohol
Cancer http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cancer
Carers support http://www.nhs.uk/carersdirect
Child health http://www.nhs.uk/planners/birthtofive
Diabetes http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetes
Disability http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/disability
Drugs http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/drugs
Healthy diet http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/goodfood
Healthy living http://www.nhs.uk/livewell
Health news http://www.nhs.uk/news
Health questions http://www.nhs.uk/chq
Mental health http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/mentalhealth
Pregnancy http://www.nhs.uk/planners/pregnancycareplanner
Sexual health http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/sexualhealthtopics
Skin care http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/skin
Stop smoking http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/smoking
Vaccinations http://www.nhs.uk/planners/vaccinations
Weight loss http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/loseweight
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Source code guidance
You can use the following example source code to create the above links:
<a href=http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20100927130941/http://www.nhs.uk/aboutNHSChoices/aboutnhschoices/Aboutus/Pages/"http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/pregnancycareplanner/Pages/PregnancyHome.aspx" title="NHS Choices: Pregnancy”> NHS Choices: Pregnancy </a>
The title attribute (title ="NHS Choices: Pregnancy") allows this text to be read by speaking browsers and is visible to users when their mouse hovers over the link.
2. Text links to NHS Choices homepage
If you wish to use text to link to the NHS Choices homepage, you should use the following anchor text: NHS Choices: health information.
Suggested link/ anchor text Link target URL
NHS Choices: health information http://www.nhs.uk
Source code guidance
You can use the following source code for this link:
<a href=http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20100927130941/http://www.nhs.uk/aboutNHSChoices/aboutnhschoices/Aboutus/Pages/"www.nhs.uk" title="Health information from NHS Choices”> NHS Choices: health information</a>
The title attribute (title ="NHS Choices: health information") allows this text to be read by speaking browsers and is visible to users when their mouse hovers over the link.
3. NHS Choices logo
If you wish to put a logo link to NHS Choices on your homepage, you can use one of the following graphics as a visual link to NHS Choices.
Please do not reduce the size of these graphics as it will make the text unreadable
Source code guidance
The source code for the link should include:
<a href=http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20100927130941/http://www.nhs.uk/aboutNHSChoices/aboutnhschoices/Aboutus/Pages/"http://www.nhs.uk/" ><img src=http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20100927130941/http://www.nhs.uk/aboutNHSChoices/aboutnhschoices/Aboutus/Pages/"file-path/file-name.html" width="" height="" alt="Official NHS health information" /> </a>
Note:
width="[***]" height="[***]": Insert the size of the graphic in pixels; this will help the page load more quickly
src="[file_path/file_name.gif]": Insert the file path and name of the graphics file that you upload to your server.
alt="Link to NHS Choices – Official NHS Choices health information": This text is read out by speaking browsers and is visible to users who have turned off their graphics.
