diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/chart/info_tooltip.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/chart/info_tooltip.js
index 1e964daf12a7..6eac1fc79fa6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/chart/info_tooltip.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/chart/info_tooltip.js
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react';
-import { first, get } from 'lodash';
 
-export function InfoTooltip({ series }) {
-
-  const bucketSize = get(first(series), 'bucket_size'); // bucket size will be the same for all metrics in all series
+export function InfoTooltip({ series, bucketSize }) {
   const tableRows = series.map((item, index) => {
     return (
       <tr
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/chart/monitoring_timeseries_container.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/chart/monitoring_timeseries_container.js
index 6670d30950bb..3f4b50f35937 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/chart/monitoring_timeseries_container.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/chart/monitoring_timeseries_container.js
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
+import { get, first } from 'lodash';
 import { getTitle } from './get_title';
 import { getUnits } from './get_units';
 import { MonitoringTimeseries } from './monitoring_timeseries';
 import { InfoTooltip } from './info_tooltip';
 
 import {
-  EuiIconTip, EuiFlexGroup, EuiFlexItem, EuiTitle
+  EuiIconTip, EuiFlexGroup, EuiFlexItem, EuiTitle, EuiScreenReaderOnly
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 
 export function MonitoringTimeseriesContainer({ series, onBrush }) {
@@ -19,27 +20,43 @@ export function MonitoringTimeseriesContainer({ series, onBrush }) {
     return null; // still loading
   }
 
+  const title = getTitle(series);
+  const titleForAriaIds = title.replace(/\s+/, '--');
   const units = getUnits(series);
+  const bucketSize = get(first(series), 'bucket_size'); // bucket size will be the same for all metrics in all series
+
+  const seriesScreenReaderTextList = [`Interval: ${bucketSize}`]
+    .concat(series.map(item => `${item.metric.label}: ${item.metric.description}`));
 
   return (
     <EuiFlexGroup direction="column" gutterSize="s">
       <EuiFlexItem>
         <EuiFlexGroup justifyContent="spaceBetween" alignItems="center" style={{ flexGrow: 0 }}>
           <EuiFlexItem>
-            <EuiTitle>
-              <h2>
-                { getTitle(series) }{ units ? ` (${units})` : '' }
-              </h2>
+            <EuiTitle tabIndex="0">
+              <Fragment>
+                <EuiScreenReaderOnly><span>This chart is not screen reader accessible</span></EuiScreenReaderOnly>
+                <h2>
+                  { getTitle(series) }{ units ? ` (${units})` : '' }
+                </h2>
+              </Fragment>
             </EuiTitle>
           </EuiFlexItem>
           <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
-            <EuiIconTip
-              anchorClassName="eui-textRight eui-alignMiddle monitoring-chart-tooltip__trigger"
-              className="monitoring-chart-tooltip__wrapper"
-              type="iInCircle"
-              position="right"
-              content={<InfoTooltip series={series}/>}
-            />
+            <Fragment>
+              <EuiIconTip
+                anchorClassName="eui-textRight eui-alignMiddle monitoring-chart-tooltip__trigger"
+                className="monitoring-chart-tooltip__wrapper"
+                type="iInCircle"
+                position="right"
+                content={<InfoTooltip series={series} bucketSize={bucketSize}/>}
+              />
+              <EuiScreenReaderOnly>
+                <span id={`monitoringChart${titleForAriaIds}`}>
+                  {seriesScreenReaderTextList.join('. ')}
+                </span>
+              </EuiScreenReaderOnly>
+            </Fragment>
           </EuiFlexItem>
         </EuiFlexGroup>
       </EuiFlexItem>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/overview/overview.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/overview/overview.js
index c477de20d799..55020955d00f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/overview/overview.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/overview/overview.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
 import { ClusterStatus } from '../cluster_status';
 import { ShardActivity } from '../shard_activity';
 import { MonitoringTimeseriesContainer } from '../../chart';
@@ -24,24 +24,24 @@ export function ElasticsearchOverview({
   ];
 
   return (
-    <EuiPage style={{ backgroundColor: 'white' }}>
-      <EuiPageBody>
-        <ClusterStatus stats={clusterStatus} />
-
-        <EuiFlexGrid columns={2} gutterSize="none">
-          {metricsToShow.map((metric, index) => (
-            <EuiFlexItem key={index} style={{ width: '50%' }}>
-              <MonitoringTimeseriesContainer
-                series={metric}
-                {...props}
-              />
-              <EuiSpacer size="m"/>
-            </EuiFlexItem>
-          ))}
-        </EuiFlexGrid>
-
-        <ShardActivity data={shardActivity} {...props} />
-      </EuiPageBody>
-    </EuiPage>
+    <Fragment>
+      <ClusterStatus stats={clusterStatus} />
+      <EuiPage style={{ backgroundColor: 'white' }}>
+        <EuiPageBody>
+          <EuiFlexGrid columns={2} gutterSize="none">
+            {metricsToShow.map((metric, index) => (
+              <EuiFlexItem key={index} style={{ width: '50%' }}>
+                <MonitoringTimeseriesContainer
+                  series={metric}
+                  {...props}
+                />
+                <EuiSpacer size="m"/>
+              </EuiFlexItem>
+            ))}
+          </EuiFlexGrid>
+          <ShardActivity data={shardActivity} {...props} />
+        </EuiPageBody>
+      </EuiPage>
+    </Fragment>
   );
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/shard_activity/shard_activity.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/shard_activity/shard_activity.js
index e08237af5c85..eec1e8ec4954 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/shard_activity/shard_activity.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/shard_activity/shard_activity.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ const ToggleCompletedSwitch = ({ toggleHistory, showHistory }) => (
   <KuiToolBarSection>
     <KuiToolBarText>
       <EuiSwitch
+        id="monitoring_completed_recoveries"
         label="Completed recoveries"
         onChange={toggleHistory}
         checked={showHistory}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/table/table.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/table/table.js
index f49615da60c9..0ac06d5ea4eb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/table/table.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/table/table.js
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ export class MonitoringTable extends React.Component {
         pageIndexFirstRow={numVisibleRows ? firstRow + 1 : 0}
         pageIndexLastRow={numVisibleRows ? numVisibleRows + firstRow : 0}
         rowsFiltered={numAvailableRows}
+        totalRows={this.state.rows.length}
         filterText={this.state.filterText}
         paginationControls={this.getPaginationControls(numAvailableRows, this.props.alwaysShowPageControls)}
         onFilterChange={this.onFilterChange}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/table/toolbar.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/table/toolbar.js
index ba4b2f325ee8..82b5403599db 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/table/toolbar.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/table/toolbar.js
@@ -37,9 +37,18 @@ export function MonitoringTableToolBar(props) {
     )
     : null;
 
+  const totalRows = Boolean(props.showTotalRows)
+    ? (
+      <p tabIndex="0" className="monitoringTableToolbarTotalRows">
+        {props.totalRows} in total
+      </p>
+    )
+    : null;
+
   return (
     <KuiToolBar>
       { searchBox }
+      { totalRows }
       { props.renderToolBarSections(props) }
       { paginationSection }
     </KuiToolBar>
@@ -47,5 +56,6 @@ export function MonitoringTableToolBar(props) {
 }
 MonitoringTableToolBar.defaultProps = {
   renderToolBarSections: noop,
-  showSearchBox: true
+  showSearchBox: true,
+  showTotalRows: true
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/alerts/index.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/alerts/index.js
index d9666edc7e1a..89b95d0b57c8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/alerts/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/alerts/index.js
@@ -54,17 +54,17 @@ const alertRowFactory = (scope, kbnUrl) => {
 
     return (
       <KuiTableRow>
-        <KuiTableRowCell>
+        <KuiTableRowCell tabIndex="0">
           <Tooltip text={severityIcon.title} placement="bottom" trigger="hover">
             <EuiHealth color={severityIcon.color} data-test-subj="alertIcon" aria-label={severityIcon.title}>
               { capitalize(severityIcon.value) }
             </EuiHealth>
           </Tooltip>
         </KuiTableRowCell>
-        <KuiTableRowCell>
+        <KuiTableRowCell tabIndex="0">
           { resolution.icon } { resolution.text }
         </KuiTableRowCell>
-        <KuiTableRowCell>
+        <KuiTableRowCell tabIndex="0">
           <FormattedMessage
             prefix={props.prefix}
             suffix={props.suffix}
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ const alertRowFactory = (scope, kbnUrl) => {
             changeUrl={changeUrl}
           />
         </KuiTableRowCell>
-        <KuiTableRowCell>
+        <KuiTableRowCell tabIndex="0">
           { linkToCategories[props.metadata.link] ? linkToCategories[props.metadata.link] : 'General' }
         </KuiTableRowCell>
-        <KuiTableRowCell>
+        <KuiTableRowCell tabIndex="0">
           { formatDateTimeLocal(props.update_timestamp) }
         </KuiTableRowCell>
-        <KuiTableRowCell>
+        <KuiTableRowCell tabIndex="0">
           { formatTimestampToDuration(props.timestamp, CALCULATE_DURATION_SINCE) } ago
         </KuiTableRowCell>
       </KuiTableRow>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/less/components/table.less b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/less/components/table.less
index 349247fc5bb2..b4a447081f89 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/less/components/table.less
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/less/components/table.less
@@ -60,3 +60,7 @@
   color: #666977;
   font-size: 12px;
 }
+
+.monitoringTableToolbarTotalRows {
+  flex: 2; /* This is to ensure this shows directly next to the search bar in the table toolbar */
+}