Category: W

A list of people waiting for admission to hospital usually for treatment of non-urgent disorders. A term widely used in the NHS to show the number of people waiting for hospital admission, usually for non-acute surgery. The size of the waiting list has come to be perceived over the past 20 years especially by politicians…

To stay somewhere until something happens or someone arrives.  

Material used to make a wad.  

A pad of material used to put on a wound.  

State social insurance programs which provide cash benefits to workers or their dependents injured, disabled, or deceased in the course, and as a result, of employment. The employee is also entitled to benefits for some or all of the medical services necessary for treatment and restoration to a useful life and possibly a productive job.…

The sum of an institution’s investment in short-term or current assets including cash, marketable (short-term) securities, accounts receivable, and inventories. Net working capital is defined as the excess of total current assets over total current liabilities.  

In malpractice, actions against physicians are normally based on negligence, but in certain circumstances the plaintiff can bring his action on the basis of a warranty. A warranty arises if the physician promises or seems to promise that the medical procedure to be used is safe or will be elective. One of the advantages to…

A provision included in some policies which exempts the insured from paying premiums while he is disabled during the life of the contract.  

A period of time an individual must wait either to become eligible for insurance coverage, or to become eligible for a given benefit after overall coverage has commenced. This does not generally refer to the amount of time it takes to process an application for insurance, but rather is a defined period before benefits become…