# Healthcare Intermediate

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- CEFR: B1 (Intermediate)
- Theme: Professional & Specialized
- Words: 14
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Healthcare vocabulary for everyday clinical work, including a patient's caseload, confidentiality, diagnosis and the referral and prescription that follow a…

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## Word list

* **caseload** /ˈkeɪˌsloʊd/: The number of patients a doctor, nurse or social worker is responsible for at one time. — “The nurse's **caseload** doubled during the outbreak.”
* **confidentiality** /ˌkɑnfəˌdɛnʃiˈæləti/: The duty to keep a patient's personal and medical information private. — “Staff must sign an agreement to protect patient **confidentiality**.”
* **bed occupancy**: The proportion of a hospital's beds that are currently in use, used to measure how busy it is. — “**Bed occupancy** reached its highest level during the flu season.”
* **duty of care**: A legal and professional obligation to avoid causing harm to patients. — “Doctors owe every patient a **duty of care**.”
* **informed consent**: A patient's agreement to a treatment after being told its risks and benefits. — “The surgeon explained the risks before getting **informed consent**.”
* **waiting list**: A queue of people who must wait their turn, usually in the order they applied, before receiving treatment or an appointment. — “She has been on the **waiting list** for a hip operation for months.”
* **safeguarding** /ˈseɪfˌɡɑrdɪŋ/: Action taken to protect vulnerable patients, especially children, from harm or abuse. — “All staff complete **safeguarding** training every year.”
* **diagnosis** /ˌdaɪəɡˈnoʊsəs/: A doctor's decision about what illness or condition a patient has. — “The **diagnosis** confirmed it was a mild infection, not the flu.”
* **prescription** /prəˈskrɪpʃən/: A doctor's written instruction saying what medicine a patient should take. — “He took the **prescription** to the pharmacy to collect his tablets.”
* **referral** /rɪˈfɜrəl/: When a doctor sends a patient to see a specialist for more care. — “Her GP gave her a **referral** to see a cardiologist.”
* **ward round**: The regular visit doctors make to patients on a ward. — “Everything gets decided on the morning **ward round**.”
* **specimen** /ˈspɛsəmən/: A small sample taken for medical testing. — “The **specimen** was mislabelled and had to be taken again.”
* **consent form**: A document a patient signs to agree to treatment. — “No procedure begins until the **consent form** is signed.”
* **case notes**: The written record of a patient's history and treatment. — “The **case notes** had gone missing between two departments.”

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