Mind your pees and Qs! The NHS opts for earthier language as it argues that replacing words such as 'nausea' with 'feeling sick' could help to save lives NHS is making its wording more user-friendly based on a poll of 10,000 people Content designer Sara Wilcox said that using simpler language could save lives Words like pee and poo could now be used instead of urine and faeces Ms Wilcox said: 'If someone with poor literacy understands blood in your poo, it might just save their life'
By Fionn Hargreaves For The Daily Mail
Published: 01:43 GMT, 18 March 2019 | Updated: 10:23 GMT, 18 March 2019
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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The word nausea has been replaced by feeling sick, while a haemorrhage is to be referred to as a very heavy bleed.
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