NHS must adopt 'plain English approach' to stop confusing MPs - iNews

NHS must adopt 'plain English approach' to stop confusing MPs - iNews The NHS must adopt a “plain English approach” as healthcare jargon leaves two-thirds of MPs baffled, according to new research which is leading to calls for the NHS to reduce its use of “special words”. Labour MPs claim to have a better understanding of terms such as “system approaches” and “holistic care” than their Conservative counterparts, but are more likely to want the language to be simplified and explained more clearly. Just 12 per cent of the MPs surveyed believe that the language used to describe the current changes in the structure of the NHS is simple and easy to understand. And only just over half (55 per cent) feel sufficiently well informed to scrutinise healthcare issues in Parliament. iNews