«Breaking News» NHS argues that replacing words such as 'nausea' with 'feeling sick' could help to save lives

Language used on NHS websites is being made more understandable for patients.

The word nausea has been replaced by feeling sick, while a haemorrhage is to be referred to as a very heavy bleed.

The move is part of a drive to make NHS literature more user-friendly by September 2020. The writing guide was created based on feedback from more than 10,000 people who were polled on word use.

A new drive to make NHS websites more user-friendly has seen the word 'nausea' be replaced with 'feeling sick'

In a blog post on the NHS Digital website, content designer Sara Wilcox argued that using simpler language could save lives.

She wrote: ‘We found that everyone understood pee and urine. People with higher literacy skills were slightly more likely to use urine and people with low literacy were more likely to prefer pee.

‘We know some people think we shouldn’t use words like pee and poo, but we haven’t seen anyone have problems knowing what we mean. If someone with poor literacy understands blood in your poo, it might just save their life.’

Lee Monks of the Plain English Campaign told The Sun: ‘While we might be a little squeamish about certain terms, or consider them too simplistic, we’ve found that on occasion, terms like poo and vomiting are more useful to a particular audience.’ 

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Main photo article Language used on NHS websites is being made more understandable for patients.
The word nausea has been replaced by feeling sick, while a haemorrhage is to be referred to as a very heavy bleed.
The move is part of a drive to make NHS literature more user-friendly by September 2020. The writing...

It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.

Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

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