‘Raining cats and dogs’ & ‘early bird catches worm’ are now dubbed OFFENSIVE phrases by ‘woke’ NHS in new 17-page guide

‘Raining cats and dogs’ & ‘early bird catches worm’ are now dubbed OFFENSIVE phrases by ‘woke’ NHS in new 17-page guide

DOCTORS and nurses have been ordered to ditch common phrases like "the early bird catches the worm" and "it’s raining cats and dogs" to avoid offending patients. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has told staff to stop using the traditional idioms in diversity and inclusion training, claiming they are not "culturally sensitive." The trust...

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