Access hscscotland.scot. HSCS Health and Social Care Scotland

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value0.8 s

100/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.1 s

5/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.3 s

76/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value400 ms

68/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.122

84/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.9 s

21/100

10%

hscscotland.scot

271 ms

Our browser made a total of 1 request to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Hscscotland.scot and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (271 ms) belongs to the original domain Hscscotland.scot.

Content Size

626.9 kB

After Optimization

610.6 kB

In fact, the total size of Hscscotland.scot main page is 626.9 kB. This result falls within the top 5000 of lightweight and thus fast loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 615.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-54%

Potential reduce by 780 B

Original 1.4 kB
After minification 1.4 kB
After compression 663 B

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 780 B or 54% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 15.5 kB

Original 615.0 kB
After minification 599.5 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Hsc Scotland images are well optimized though.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

Original 10.5 kB
After minification 10.5 kB
After compression 10.5 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Hscscotland.scot has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Now

After Optimization

Besides the initial HTML request, no CSS, Javascripts, AJAX or image files were requested in the course of web page rendering.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

EN
Language Claimed

EN
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Hscscotland.scot can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Hscscotland.scot main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Hsc Scotland. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: