National Health Services (NHS) employees in the UK have been asked not to call fat people “obesity”, who are “obese prone to obesity” under the guidance issued by Medicine Watchdog. WireThe National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a list of aggressive words and options used in his place in the latest version of the inclusive language guide. It says that workers should describe overweight as “obese people”.
According to the sentinel, the use of words like “obesity priced” and “drunk” reflects good etiquette and sensitivity, not political purity “.
“Conditions describe what a person has, not what a person is. Diseases are treated, not people. Diseases, people, not people, respond to treatment. Conditions, not people monitoring people. Goes, “the guide said.
In addition to switching the word for obese people, guide also advises to use diabetes, schizophrenics and alcoholic to describe patients.
Aggressive word | Option |
diabetes | Diabetic people |
Schizophrenic | People with schizophrenia |
Drug users, drug addicts | People who use drugs |
‘Policing language’
This decision did not go down well with some classes, who said that healthcare leadership in the country focused on symbolism rather than improving the situation on the land.
Director of the campaign group Dr. Alka Sehgal-CORBAT said, “NHS leadership is more interested in policing either health care or management and leadership quality,”
Meanwhile, the founder of the Free Speech Union, Lord Young said: “A thick much help that would be, if I am allowed to use that word.” A GP appointment so that they can get a recipe for ozmpic. “
“The obsessive language policing by Vok Mandarin is a symptom of the intellectual vacancy of the progressive left, which now thinks to help the disadvantaged people – forgiving, ‘underscreased’ – they have to relay more politically correctly,” that Added.
In particular, this is not the first example when Nees has come under the scope of investigation for its guide. In February 2023, the Watchdog published the previous recurrence of the guide, with staff members urged to say “pregnant people” in the drive to use the gender-plate language.