diff --git a/app/helpers/tab_nav_helper.rb b/app/helpers/tab_nav_helper.rb
index 6e482b7ff..8ab09765f 100644
--- a/app/helpers/tab_nav_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/tab_nav_helper.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module TabNavHelper
 
   def user_cell(user)
     link_text = user.name.presence || user.email
-    [govuk_link_to(link_text, user), "<span class=\"govuk-visually-hidden\">User </span><span class=\"govuk-!-font-weight-regular app-!-colour-muted\">#{user.email}</span>"].join("\n")
+    [govuk_link_to(link_text, user), "<span class=\"govuk-visually-hidden\"> </span><span class=\"govuk-!-font-weight-regular app-!-colour-muted\">#{user.email}</span>"].join("\n")
   end
 
   def location_cell(location, link)
diff --git a/app/views/organisations/users.html.erb b/app/views/organisations/users.html.erb
index c604a1c9f..ea507016f 100644
--- a/app/views/organisations/users.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/organisations/users.html.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <%= render SubNavigationComponent.new(
     items: secondary_items(request.path, @organisation.id),
   ) %>
-  <h2 class="govuk-visually-hidden">Users</h2>
+  <h2 class="govuk-visually-hidden"> </h2>
 <% end %>
 
 <% if current_user.data_coordinator? || current_user.support? %>
diff --git a/app/views/users/_user_list.html.erb b/app/views/users/_user_list.html.erb
index 786e3c571..aaace0f45 100644
--- a/app/views/users/_user_list.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/_user_list.html.erb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
           <% row.cell(text: simple_format(org_cell(user), {}, wrapper_tag: "div")) %>
           <% row.cell(text: user.active? ? user.last_sign_in_at&.to_formatted_s(:govuk_date) : "Deactivated") %>
           <%= govuk_link_to users_path(user) do %>
-            <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">User </span><%= user.id %>
+            <span class="govuk-visually-hidden"> </span><%= user.id %>
           <% end %>
         <% end %>
       <% end %>
diff --git a/spec/helpers/tab_nav_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/tab_nav_helper_spec.rb
index aa93b839d..f22bec163 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/tab_nav_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/tab_nav_helper_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RSpec.describe TabNavHelper do
 
   describe "#user_cell" do
     it "returns user link and email separated by a newline character" do
-      expected_html = "<a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"/users\">#{user.name}</a>\n<span class=\"govuk-visually-hidden\">User </span><span class=\"govuk-!-font-weight-regular app-!-colour-muted\">#{user.email}</span>"
+      expected_html = "<a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"/users\">#{user.name}</a>\n<span class=\"govuk-visually-hidden\"> </span><span class=\"govuk-!-font-weight-regular app-!-colour-muted\">#{user.email}</span>"
       expect(user_cell(user)).to match(expected_html)
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/requests/organisations_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/organisations_controller_spec.rb
index 20197f468..3c342b56b 100644
--- a/spec/requests/organisations_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/organisations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ RSpec.describe OrganisationsController, type: :request do
           end
 
           it "shows hidden accesibility fields only for active users in the current user's organisation" do
-            expected_case_row_log = "<span class=\"govuk-visually-hidden\">User </span><span class=\"govuk-!-font-weight-regular app-!-colour-muted\">#{user.email}</span>"
+            expected_case_row_log = "<span class=\"govuk-visually-hidden\"> </span><span class=\"govuk-!-font-weight-regular app-!-colour-muted\">#{user.email}</span>"
             unauthorized_case_row_log = "<span class=\"govuk-visually-hidden\">User </span><span class=\"govuk-!-font-weight-regular app-!-colour-muted\">#{other_org_user.email}</span>"
             expect(CGI.unescape_html(response.body)).to include(expected_case_row_log)
             expect(CGI.unescape_html(response.body)).not_to include(unauthorized_case_row_log)