Accessible interfaces, designed from the first wireframe.
Wave18 designs patient- and provider-facing interfaces for healthcare organisations where accessibility is not optional. Healthcare serves the widest possible range of people — including those relying on screen readers, keyboard navigation, magnification or speech input — so every interface is designed to WCAG 2.2 AA from the first wireframe, checked against real assistive technology rather than an automated scanner alone. Bolting conformance onto a finished healthcare build is expensive and rarely complete; treating it as a design constraint from day one is both cheaper and genuinely usable by everyone who needs it. Contrast, focus order, keyboard operation and clear error handling are designed in, not retrofitted before launch, and every decision is validated with prototypes before a line of production code is written. Design is scoped alongside a web development project starting from £5,000, or quoted individually for standalone accessibility audits.
What challenges does healthcare face?
Accessibility retrofitted too late
Bolting WCAG conformance onto a finished healthcare build is expensive and rarely complete — it has to be a design constraint from the first wireframe.
Sensitive data raises the security bar
Patient-facing platforms need least-privilege access, encryption and audit logging built into the architecture, not added after a review.
A single template excludes real users
Healthcare audiences span every ability and device; a generic build that works for the average user quietly shuts out the people who need it most.
What's included in ui/ux design for healthcare?
UX Research
User interviews, surveys and analytics review that ground design decisions in real behaviour, not opinion.
UI Design
Interface design across web and product — typography, layout and interaction patterns built for clarity.
Prototyping
Clickable low- and high-fidelity prototypes that test flows and de-risk decisions before development starts.
Design Systems
Reusable component libraries and tokens that keep design and code in sync as the product grows.
Frequently asked
What does a UI/UX design engagement include?
UX research, wireframing, prototyping, UI design and, where useful, a reusable design system — scoped individually or as part of a full web development build.
Do you design before or alongside development?
Before — we research, prototype and validate flows first, then hand the approved design to the same team that builds it, so nothing is lost in translation.