AccessLumensAll researchState of Web Accessibility · June 2026
Healthcare Website Accessibility Report 2026
We ran an automated WCAG 2.2 scan of the homepage of 10 leading healthcare websites. Here is how the sector performs, and the accessibility barriers users hit most often.
95
Average score
out of 100
20%
Had a critical barrier
at least one critical issue
50%
Had a serious barrier
at least one serious issue
4
Errors per homepage
average, detectable errors
How the sector scores
Higher is more accessible. Scores use our SWBS 2.2 model.
Marker shows the historical industry benchmark average (46/100).
89
Bottom 10%
94
Median
100
Top 10%
Errors by severity
Total detectable errors across all sampled homepages.
2
Critical
5% of errors
35
Serious
88% of errors
3
Moderate
8% of errors
0
Minor
0% of errors
Most common failures
Share of sampled sites where each issue appeared at least once.
| Failure | Severity | Sites affected |
|---|---|---|
| <html> element must have a lang attributehtml-has-lang | Serious | 20% |
| Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholdscolor-contrast | Serious | 20% |
| Certain ARIA roles must contain particular childrenaria-required-children | Critical | 10% |
| Images must have alternative textimage-alt | Moderate | 10% |
| Links must be distinguishable without relying on colorlink-in-text-block | Serious | 10% |
| Documents must have <title> element to aid in navigationdocument-title | Moderate | 10% |
| ARIA hidden element must not be focusable or contain focusable elementsaria-hidden-focus | Serious | 10% |
| Zooming and scaling must not be disabledmeta-viewport | Moderate | 10% |
Most affected components
Where accessibility problems concentrate.
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Based on automated analysis of the homepage of 10 healthcare websites in June 2026. We detect the subset of WCAG 2.2 Level AA failures that can be identified automatically (via the axe-core engine); manual and assistive-technology testing find more. Scores use our SWBS model. Percentiles on a small sample are approximate. Figures are aggregate only — no individual website is identified. This is a diagnostic snapshot, not a conformance certification; see our disclaimer.