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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/nhs-staff-told-not-to-call-patients-middle-aged-pensioner-or-senior/ar-AA1xrvpz?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=2efa2f0b3b28420fac7aa3f84da6a2e8&ei=13
Calling someone middle-aged is now inappropriate according to the NHS.
Middle-aged may be a simple, straightforward description of someone neither young nor old, typically between 40 and 60, but it is now in a list of words the NHS says should not be used in written patient information.
Also banned are the terms OAP and pensioner, or senior, according to the health service's digital service manual.
Older patients have said the NHS should focus more on their medical treatment and less on terminology.
Dennis Reed, from Silver Voices, which campaigns for older patients, said: 'The terms OAP and middle-aged are just a shorthand for describing people of a certain age, they are not discriminatory, and this is just extreme political correctness.
Calling someone middle-aged is now inappropriate according to the NHS.
Middle-aged may be a simple, straightforward description of someone neither young nor old, typically between 40 and 60, but it is now in a list of words the NHS says should not be used in written patient information.
Also banned are the terms OAP and pensioner, or senior, according to the health service's digital service manual.
Older patients have said the NHS should focus more on their medical treatment and less on terminology.
Dennis Reed, from Silver Voices, which campaigns for older patients, said: 'The terms OAP and middle-aged are just a shorthand for describing people of a certain age, they are not discriminatory, and this is just extreme political correctness.