v7.0.0

7.0.0 - 19 September 2024

🆕 New features

• Add entries on Down's syndrome, fit note and period products to the A to Z of NHS health writing
• Add guidance for heading classes
  – Add classes to style table captions similar to headings, detailed in Nunjucks macro option captionClasses

🔧 Maintenance

• Update page template examples to make the default example size l and inside the grid system
• Update page template Nunjucks options, to remove outerContent block
• Make our guidance on age clearer
• Update entries on fetus, microgram and NHS in the A to Z
• Update links guidance to recommend avoiding "see"
• Update content section on capitalisation to mention geographical names
• Update service manual team page and email address
• Update page about the NHS service standard
• Delete outdated references to NHSX
• Update Nunjucks macro options for date input component, adding values for day, month and year
• Update type scale to increase font size of m and l headings, updates font size overrides to align with new sizes
• Improve spacing around the back links and breadcrumbs components
• Update guidance on back links to recommend putting them top of page

v6.5.0

6.5.0 - 31 July 2024

🆕 New features

• Add new warning button to buttons component

🔧 Maintenance

• Update table component guidance with information about responsive tables
• Fix alignment between header, footer and main content in page template examples
• Update Nunjucks macro options for primaryLinks in header component
• Improve fieldset component guidance to better explain their use and importance for accessibility
• Improve tabs component guidance to explain how they should work for accessibility
• Improve guidance on contrast and accessibility on colour page
• Fix missing black colour, added to colour palette on colour page
• Fix display and layout of some tables
• Remove 'experimental' tag from tabs and character count components
• Reformat links section in accessibility guidance to make content clearer

v6.4.0

6.4.0 – 19 June 2024

🆕 New features

• Add guidance for using headings with captions

🔧 Maintenance

• Update guidance on links from "opens in new window" to "opens in new tab"
• Update colours used in code examples to improve contrast
• Update breadcrumb Nunjucks macro options descriptions
• Update radio with hint example Nunjucks code
• Replace links used in examples with hash (#)
• Add guidance for error summary focus on page load
• Remove duplicate links in design system side navigation
• Fix API catalogue link in service standard point 17

v6.3.0

6.3.0 – 17 April 2024

🆕 New features

• Add page on new accessibility requirements: WCAG 2.2
• Add sections on making sure your service meets WCAG 2.2 for: Product and delivery and Design, Development and Testing
• Add list of changes to meet new accessibility requirements to design system index page
• Update components and styles for WCAG 2.2:
  • Back link: guidance on positioning and keeping data the user has entered
  • Breadcrumbs: guidance on positioning
  • Buttons: guidance on minimum target size
  • Error message: guidance on not clearing data the user has entered
  • Footer: guidance on placing help links
  • Header: guidance on placing help links and not hiding content that has a focus applied
  • Select: guidance on avoiding click and drag
  • Summary list: guidance on action link target size and keeping data the user has entered
  • Tag: guidance on avoiding click and drag
  • Focus state: guidance on not hiding content that has a focus applied
  • Icons: guidance on minimum target size

🔧 Maintenance

• Update site map

v6.2.2

6.2.2 - 27 March 2024

🔧 Maintenance

• Re add side nav to "How to write good questions for forms"

v6.2.1

6.2.1 - 27 March 2024

🔧 Maintenance

• Remove "Messaging patients" section in Content guide

v6.2.0

6.2.0 - 26 March 2024

🆕 New features

• Add new page "Feedback or share insights" in Community and contribution section
• Update "Help us improve this guidance" section at bottom of pages across site

🔧 Maintenance

• Update COVID-19 entries in the A to Z of NHS health writing
• Delete entry for NHS COVID Pass
• Fix styling of numbered headings in Content guide
• Rename "Content style guide" asset file to "Content guide"
• Add side nav link for "Standard for creating health content" to "Numbers, measurements, dates and time" page
• Right align copyright statement in footer component
• Fix target size issue on A to Z navigation page
• Comment out outdated table of components on Backlog of components page
• Update site map
• Remove redundant back link in content guide
• Remove embedded link from contents list design example
• Fix link in section on link text in accessibility guidance

v6.1.0

6.1.0 - 18 January 2024

🆕 New features

• Introduce WCAG 2.2 in accessibility guidance and on design system home page
• Update NHS accessibility checklist to WCAG 2.2
• Add new British Sign Language (BSL) quality assurance standard
• Add section on AI and digital healthcare technologies to standard 8 in the NHS service standard
• Add section about the AI and Digital Regulations Service (AIDRS) to section 16 of the NHS service standard
• Add links to the AIDRS from section 11 of the NHS service standard
• Add mention of convulsions to entry on "seizure or fit" in A to Z of NHS health writing
• Add section on copyright to footer component in design system

🔧 Maintenance

• Rename "Content style guide" "Content guide"
• Clarify content about font on typography page in the design system
• Explain about headings below Do and Don't list and warning callout components in design system
• Amend entry for "NHS 111 online" in the A to Z of NHS health writing
• Update the standard for creating health content to refer to WCAG 2.2
• Update service standard 5 to refer to WCAG 2.2
• Change example of radio items with hints
• Remove link on start page pattern
• Reword care card component
• Update site map
• Update service manual footer

v6.0.0

6.0.0 - 24 October 2023

🆕 New features

• Update header and footer components
• Add prefix and suffix options to text input components

🔧 Maintenance

• Update link in health literacy toolkit in content style guide
• Change "heritage" to "background" in guidance on ethnicity, religion and nationality in content style guide

v5.10.0

5.10.0 - 30 August 2023

🆕 New features

• Add new card components variants, replacing older cards
• Add updated design principles PDF
• Add and amend entries in content style guide after June Style Council meeting - see What's new for detail

🔧 Maintenance

• Fix typos in previous release
• Add "Next" to bottom of first page in How to write good questions for froms
• Update spacing around design principle 10
• Update site map with Character count and Tabs