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Lower case in text. Upper case in titles: Spencer Tracy, Chairman, GDS.
(UKHSA) chair
On the basis of the above, 'chair' when referring to the chair of a meeting.
(UKHSA) Chapter
In text, when referring to Chapter 1, 2, 3 etc, use capitals because it's a proper noun (see Chapter 3).
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Lower case. Use upper case for the acronym.
Chemical formulae / CO2
GDS says use normal sized in CO2, so in public-facing documents use this.
In all other writing and all other chemical formulae, use the traditional form i.e. subscript numbers, NO2, H20, and so on.
In HTML use <sub><\sub> markdown.
childcare
Lower case.
childminder, childminding
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All flowcharts must be accompanied by a full text transcription. Here's a good example from HMRC.
foot and mouth disease
Lower case.
(UKHSA)
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Foetus / fetus, Foetal / fetal
Foetus is the British spelling, fetus the American spelling, but the American spelling is more often used in scientific papers and technical content.
Because there's inconsistency across GOV.UK and the NHS website, stick to what the authors present.
N.B.NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme (FASP)
foot and mouth disease
Lower case.
(UKHSA) Footnotes
Avoid
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Avoid footnotes. Wherever possible include footnote material in the text. Use parentheses either within the sentence or as a standalone sentence.
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One space after a full stop, not 2.
Speech marks
See 'Quotes and speech marks'.
Statistics
(UKHSA) Species names
Most living things are given a Latin name consisting of 2 words, for example Homo sapiens. The first word is the genus name and is always capitalised, the second is the species name.
When referring to all the species within a given genus, use a capital and follow with spp. which is short for ‘species. Salmonella spp. refers to all the species in the genus Salmonella.
More casually, salmonella with a small s can be used as the collective noun of all salmonella species.
A disease causes by a bacterium is indicate by adding osis to the end, so salmonellosis or listeriosis. Sometimes authors use the genus name to refer to the disease in which case it’s capped down. So:
• Listeria refers to the genus
• listeria refers to the disease
Speech marks
See 'Quotes and speech marks'.
Statistics
Read Style.ONS to find out how to write about statistics. This has been produced by the Office for National Statistics for all members of the Government Statistical Service.
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(Same with Chapter, Appendix, Figure but not section, which remains capped down).
Punctuation in tables
Be aware of punctuation in tables.
Be consistent.
Short phrases or single words probably don’t require a full stop.
Sentences require a full stop here as everywhere else.
If a list of phrases consider bullet points.
Be consistent within columns. Columns tend to contain the same type of content. If one entry requires a full stop, chances are all the others will, too.
team
Lower case: youth offending team, Behavioural Insights team.
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