The words to use
- Resident doctors
- Doctors in training below consultant or GP level in England, formerly called junior doctors.
- Assisted dying
- A doctor providing life-ending medication that a terminally ill, mentally capable adult takes themselves. Illegal across the UK as of October 2026.
- GLP-1 medicines
- Weight-loss and diabetes drugs such as semaglutide, and tirzepatide, which also acts on a second hormone. They reduce appetite.
- Martha's Rule
- An NHS safety scheme letting patients, families and staff call for a rapid review by a different team when worried someone is deteriorating.
- Erosive tooth wear
- Loss of tooth surface caused by acid, including stomach acid from reflux or repeated vomiting, rather than by bacteria.
