The words to use
- Multidisciplinary team (MDT)
- The professionals from different disciplines who care for a patient, such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists and therapists. Each leads in their own area, and plans are made with the patient.
- MDT meeting
- A regular meeting, standard in cancer care since 2000, where specialists review scans and results together and agree a recommended plan. The decision is then made with the patient.
- Board round
- A short daily team meeting at the ward board. The team goes through each patient's plan, who is ready to go home and what is holding them up.
- Physician associate
- A clinician who works under a supervising doctor, called physician assistant in practice since the 2025 Leng review. GMC registration is required to use the title from 13 December 2026.
