Capital letters

Corporate document

Do not use block capitals for a large amount of text, because they are difficult for people to read. See the section on clinical trials for advice on how to use capitals in trial names.

Write headings with a capital letter for only the first word, except for proper nouns.

**Table 7 When and how to use capitals**
Lower case	Title case	Initial capital
Generic medicines ibuprofen rimegepant fluoxetine	Questionnaire titles Dermatology Life Quality Index Psoriasis Area and Severity Index	Branded medicines, even if the brand is all in uppercase Nurofen Vydura Prozac
Adjectival forms of proper nouns caesarean darwinian parkinsonian	Titles of projects or campaigns Active for Life No Smoking Day	Proper nouns Down's syndrome Munchausen's syndrome Parkinson's disease Apgar score
Government in general use a key government commitment	Government bodies Local Government Association	—
Job titles (non-government) S Smith, chief pharmacist it is the chief pharmacist's responsibility	Government legislation, departments, and job titles Care Act 2014 Health Secretary Government Digital Services Department for Education	—
North, south, east and west in general use northern England birds fly south for the winter	North, south, east and west in place names West Lambeth North Manchester General Hospital	—
Trusts in general use local protocols have been developed by trusts	Trust names Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	—
Words deriving from a proper noun but are now commonly used braille doppler gram stain hoover	—	—
Patient numbers and p values n=1,000 p=0.001	—	—
Cross references to figures and tables see figure 1 see table 2	—	—