Across
- 3. Tax paid by most working adults which covers the costs of healthcare for everyone.
- 5. British name for the state-funded service that covers hospitals, clinics, dentists, etc. (often abbreviated to the NHS).
- 6. Doctors who use tiny amounts of natural substances to treat an illness.
- 8. Centre which specialises in treating a particular condition or group of conditions.
- 9. General expression for all of the services offered by hospitals, clinics, dentists, opticiants, etc.
- 16. Blocked;informal.
- 17. Sudden, burning pain.
- 21. Got better, recovered.
- 22. Choose private healthcare.
- 24. Getting better:used for more serious illnesses.
- 25. Charge of medication the doctor prescribes, which you pay at pharmacy.
- 26. Medical condition in which breathing becomes difficult because air passage have narrowed.
- 27. Used for more long-term problems.
- 35. Injured by turning it suddenly.
- 36. A feeling that you are spinning round and can't balance.
- 38. Past the most difficult period.
- 39. Beating with pain.
- 41. Measured amount of medicine that is relatively small.
- 42. We usually say come down, not go down with, when talking about ourselves.
Down
- 1. Doctor who looks after people's general health.
- 2. Illness of the body or mind.
- 4. Record of medical conditions a person has experienced.
- 7. People who treat patients by using needles at special points around the skin.
- 10. Shaking.
- 11. Fully healthy again.
- 12. People who treat patients by pressing joints in places where two joints are connected, e.g, the spine, or backbone.
- 13. Trying to get rid of.
- 14. Getting better.
- 15. Illness of the stomach or digestive passages.
- 18. Small centre offering primary care, run by a single GP or a group of GP's.
- 19. Pain and difficulty in moving your neck round.
- 20. Approaches that differ from conventional western approaches.
- 23. Tube that carries solid waste out of the body.
- 28. With a high temperature/fever.
- 29. Shaking slightly, usually because of a fever.
- 30. Part of the body, e.g, stomach, liver.
- 31. Without sleeping much.
- 32. Has caught, usually a non-serious illness.
- 33. Persistent low-level pain.
- 34. Gives pain caused by an injury.
- 37. One that is severe and sudden in onset.
- 40. Therapist who use aromatic oils and massage.