| QUIBA | Guide designed for prescription of antimicrobials for healthcare professionals (5) |
| SULPHA | Class of antimicrobial drugs, in the British spelling |
| OVERTHECOUNTER | Aboveboard, with no need for prescription (4,3,7) |
| DROPS | Doctors work in very small quantities, for prescriptions (5) |
| TENCOMMANDMENTS | The type of tablets that were once crushed for prescriptions devised by the man upstairs (3,12) |
| HCA | Acronym for healthcare assistant, the job done by Adele Effanga in Holby City (3) |
| PRIVATEPATIENTS | Vet, it is apparent, abused those paying for healthcare (7,8) |
| DENTISTS | Depression is extremely tumultuous for healthcare workers (8) |
| NURSE | Healthcare professional such as a sister in charge of a ward; or, a worker bee that tends a brood (5) |
| TRAWL | Fish growth reversed by antimicrobial, finally (5) |
| MEDIC | Healthcare professional (informally) (5) |
| NURSES | Healthcare professionals who traditionally wear fob watches (6) |
| STAFFNURSE | Senior healthcare professional (5,5) |
| RNS | Healthcare professionals (abbreviation) |
| THERAPIST | Healthcare professional's the first to internalise criticism (9) |
| MANUKA | Type of honey native to New Zealand that has antimicrobial properties (6) |
| ANTISEPTIC | An antimicrobial substance applied to living tissue to reduce the possibility of infection |
| PHYSIOTHERAPIST | His posh party tie confused healthcare professional (15) |
| OSTEOPATH | Healthcare professional fixed ape's tooth (9) |
| WETNURSE | Pour cold water on getting healthcare professional to look after children |
