diff --git a/resources/views/care/assessments/create.blade.php b/resources/views/care/assessments/create.blade.php
index b7eb6a3..fb58420 100644
--- a/resources/views/care/assessments/create.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/care/assessments/create.blade.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <section class="mt-6 rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 bg-white p-6">
         @if ($templates->isEmpty())
-            <p class="text-sm text-slate-500">No capturable assessment templates are available for your role. Ensure content packs are seeded and the assessments engine is enabled.</p>
+            <p class="text-sm text-slate-500">No forms are available for your role right now. Ask an administrator to confirm clinical forms are enabled in Settings.</p>
         @else
             <form method="POST" action="{{ route('care.assessments.store', $patient) }}" class="space-y-4">
                 @csrf
diff --git a/resources/views/care/consultations/show.blade.php b/resources/views/care/consultations/show.blade.php
index ed4488f..51c2500 100644
--- a/resources/views/care/consultations/show.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/care/consultations/show.blade.php
@@ -89,26 +89,25 @@
     @endif
 
     @if ($canViewAssessments ?? false)
-        {{-- Layer 1: universal intake (structured overlay; does not replace free-text symptoms) --}}
         @if ($universalTemplate)
             <section class="mt-6 rounded-2xl border border-sky-100 bg-sky-50/40 p-6">
                 <div class="flex flex-wrap items-start justify-between gap-3">
                     <div>
-                        <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-sky-800">Universal intake</h2>
+                        <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-sky-800">Patient history form</h2>
                         <p class="mt-1 text-xs text-slate-500">
-                            Structured Layer 1 assessment (presenting complaint, social history, function).
-                            Free-text <span class="font-medium">Symptoms</span> and <span class="font-medium">Clinical notes</span> below remain the narrative source of truth — they are not auto-copied either way.
+                            Optional checklist for chief complaint, social history, and day-to-day function.
+                            You can still write freely in Symptoms and Clinical notes below — the two are separate and do not overwrite each other.
                         </p>
                     </div>
                     @if ($universalAssessment)
                         <a href="{{ route('care.assessments.show', $universalAssessment) }}" class="rounded-lg bg-sky-600 px-3 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-white hover:bg-sky-700">
-                            {{ $universalAssessment->isDraft() ? 'Continue intake' : 'View intake' }}
+                            {{ $universalAssessment->isDraft() ? 'Continue form' : 'View form' }}
                         </a>
                     @elseif (($canCaptureUniversal ?? false) && ! $isCompleted)
                         <form method="POST" action="{{ route('care.consultations.assessments.store', $consultation) }}">
                             @csrf
                             <input type="hidden" name="template_code" value="universal_intake">
-                            <button type="submit" class="rounded-lg bg-sky-600 px-3 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-white hover:bg-sky-700">Start universal intake</button>
+                            <button type="submit" class="rounded-lg bg-sky-600 px-3 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-white hover:bg-sky-700">Start patient history form</button>
                         </form>
                     @endif
                 </div>
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@
                         Status:
                         <span class="font-medium">{{ $assessmentStatuses[$universalAssessment->status] ?? $universalAssessment->status }}</span>
                         @if ($universalAssessment->consultation_id !== $consultation->id)
-                            <span class="text-slate-400">(from another visit — open to review)</span>
+                            <span class="text-slate-400">(from an earlier visit — open to review)</span>
                         @endif
                     </p>
                     @php
@@ -142,16 +141,15 @@
                         </dl>
                     @endif
                 @elseif (! ($canCaptureUniversal ?? false))
-                    <p class="mt-3 text-sm text-slate-400">No universal intake for this patient yet.</p>
+                    <p class="mt-3 text-sm text-slate-400">No patient history form recorded yet.</p>
                 @endif
             </section>
         @endif
 
-        {{-- Layer 2: pathways (suggest from persisted diagnoses; clinician confirms) --}}
         <section class="mt-6 rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 bg-white p-6">
             <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2">
-                <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Clinical pathways</h2>
-                <a href="{{ route('care.pathways.index', $consultation->patient) }}" class="text-sm text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">Manage pathways</a>
+                <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Condition pathways</h2>
+                <a href="{{ route('care.pathways.index', $consultation->patient) }}" class="text-sm text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">View all</a>
             </div>
 
             @if (($activePathways ?? collect())->isNotEmpty())
@@ -167,7 +165,7 @@
             @if (($pathwayInstruments ?? collect())->isNotEmpty())
                 <div class="mt-4 overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-slate-100">
                     <div class="bg-slate-50 px-3 py-2 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">
-                        Pathway instruments
+                        Recommended forms
                     </div>
                     <ul class="divide-y divide-slate-100 text-sm">
                         @foreach ($pathwayInstruments as $instrument)
@@ -176,8 +174,7 @@
                                     <span class="font-medium text-slate-900">{{ $instrument['template_name'] }}</span>
                                     <span class="text-xs text-slate-400">
                                         · {{ $instrument['pathway_name'] }}
-                                        · {{ $instrument['template_code'] }}
-                                        @if ($instrument['required']) · required @endif
+                                        @if ($instrument['required']) · recommended for this condition @endif
                                     </span>
                                     @if ($instrument['assessment']?->score)
                                         <span class="ml-1 text-xs font-medium text-emerald-700">
@@ -187,7 +184,7 @@
                                 </div>
                                 <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
                                     @if ($instrument['pack_missing'])
-                                        <span class="text-xs text-amber-600">Content pack not seeded</span>
+                                        <span class="text-xs text-amber-600">Form not available yet</span>
                                     @elseif ($instrument['assessment'])
                                         <span class="text-xs text-slate-500">{{ $assessmentStatuses[$instrument['assessment']->status] ?? $instrument['assessment']->status }}</span>
                                         <a href="{{ route('care.assessments.show', $instrument['assessment']) }}" class="text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">
@@ -234,9 +231,9 @@
             @else
                 <p class="mt-3 text-sm text-slate-400">
                     @if ($consultation->diagnoses->isEmpty())
-                        Save diagnoses to see pathway suggestions.
+                        Save diagnoses to see suggested condition pathways.
                     @else
-                        No pathway matches for saved diagnoses.
+                        No matching condition pathways for the saved diagnoses.
                     @endif
                 </p>
             @endif
@@ -244,8 +241,8 @@
 
         <section class="mt-6 rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 bg-white p-6">
             <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2">
-                <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Clinical assessments</h2>
-                <a href="{{ route('care.assessments.index', $consultation->patient) }}" class="text-sm text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">Patient assessments</a>
+                <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Clinical forms this visit</h2>
+                <a href="{{ route('care.assessments.index', $consultation->patient) }}" class="text-sm text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">All patient forms</a>
             </div>
 
             @if (($consultationAssessments ?? collect())->isNotEmpty())
@@ -260,18 +257,18 @@
                     @endforeach
                 </ul>
             @else
-                <p class="mt-4 text-sm text-slate-400">No assessments linked to this consultation yet.</p>
+                <p class="mt-4 text-sm text-slate-400">No extra forms started for this visit yet.</p>
             @endif
 
             @if (($canCaptureAssessment ?? false) && ! $isCompleted && ($startableTemplates ?? collect())->isNotEmpty())
                 <form method="POST" action="{{ route('care.consultations.assessments.store', $consultation) }}" class="mt-4 flex flex-wrap items-end gap-3 border-t border-slate-100 pt-4">
                     @csrf
                     <div class="min-w-[12rem] flex-1">
-                        <label class="block text-xs text-slate-500">Start other assessment</label>
+                        <label class="block text-xs text-slate-500">Add another form</label>
                         <select name="template_code" required class="mt-1 w-full rounded-lg border-slate-300 text-sm">
-                            <option value="">Select template…</option>
+                            <option value="">Select a form…</option>
                             @foreach ($startableTemplates as $template)
-                                <option value="{{ $template->code }}">{{ $template->name }} ({{ $template->code }})</option>
+                                <option value="{{ $template->code }}">{{ $template->name }}</option>
                             @endforeach
                         </select>
                     </div>
@@ -328,10 +325,10 @@
 
             @if ($canManage)
                 <section class="rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 bg-white p-6">
-                    <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Clinical notes (narrative)</h2>
+                    <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Clinical notes</h2>
                     @if ($canViewAssessments ?? false)
                         <p class="mt-1 text-xs text-slate-400">
-                            Narrative source of truth for this encounter. Structured universal intake is a separate overlay above and is not auto-synced with these fields.
+                            Free-text notes for this visit. The patient history form above is optional and will not replace what you write here.
                         </p>
                     @endif
                     <div class="mt-4 space-y-4">
@@ -390,7 +387,7 @@
                 <button type="submit" class="btn-primary">Save</button>
                 @if ($canManage && ($canViewAssessments ?? false))
                     <button type="submit" name="suggest_pathways" value="1" class="rounded-lg border border-sky-200 bg-sky-50 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-sky-800 hover:bg-sky-100">
-                        Save diagnoses &amp; suggest pathways
+                        Save diagnoses &amp; show condition suggestions
                     </button>
                 @endif
                 <a href="{{ route('care.queue.index') }}" class="rounded-lg border border-slate-200 px-4 py-2 text-sm text-slate-600">Back to queue</a>
@@ -414,7 +411,7 @@
 
             @if ($consultation->symptoms || $consultation->clinical_notes)
                 <section class="rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 bg-white p-6">
-                    <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Clinical notes (narrative)</h2>
+                    <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Clinical notes</h2>
                     @if ($consultation->symptoms)
                         <p class="mt-4 text-sm"><span class="font-medium text-slate-700">Symptoms:</span> {{ $consultation->symptoms }}</p>
                     @endif
@@ -427,7 +424,7 @@
             @if (($canViewAssessments ?? false) && ($universalAssessment ?? null)?->isCompleted())
                 <section class="rounded-2xl border border-sky-100 bg-white p-6">
                     <div class="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
-                        <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Universal intake (structured)</h2>
+                        <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Patient history form</h2>
                         <a href="{{ route('care.assessments.show', $universalAssessment) }}" class="text-sm text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">Open</a>
                     </div>
                     <dl class="mt-4 space-y-2 text-sm">
diff --git a/resources/views/care/outcomes/index.blade.php b/resources/views/care/outcomes/index.blade.php
index 5cdb57a..148a717 100644
--- a/resources/views/care/outcomes/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/care/outcomes/index.blade.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <x-app-layout :title="'Outcomes · '.$patient->fullName()">
     <div class="flex flex-col gap-4 sm:flex-row sm:items-start sm:justify-between">
         <div>
-            <p class="text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Longitudinal outcomes</p>
+            <p class="text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Follow-up scores</p>
             <h1 class="text-2xl font-semibold text-slate-900">{{ $patient->fullName() }}</h1>
             <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-slate-500">
                 <a href="{{ route('care.patients.show', $patient) }}" class="text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">{{ $patient->patient_number }}</a>
diff --git a/resources/views/care/pathways/index.blade.php b/resources/views/care/pathways/index.blade.php
index b1030dc..cbc69ea 100644
--- a/resources/views/care/pathways/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/care/pathways/index.blade.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <x-app-layout :title="'Pathways · '.$patient->fullName()">
     <div class="flex flex-col gap-4 sm:flex-row sm:items-start sm:justify-between">
         <div>
-            <p class="text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Clinical pathways</p>
+            <p class="text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Condition pathways</p>
             <h1 class="text-2xl font-semibold text-slate-900">{{ $patient->fullName() }}</h1>
             <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-slate-500">
                 <a href="{{ route('care.patients.show', $patient) }}" class="text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">{{ $patient->patient_number }}</a>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
     @if ($canManage && $catalog->isNotEmpty())
         <section class="mt-6 rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 bg-white p-6">
-            <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Activate pathway</h2>
+            <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">Add a condition pathway</h2>
             <form method="POST" action="{{ route('care.pathways.store', $patient) }}" class="mt-4 flex flex-wrap items-end gap-3">
                 @csrf
                 <div class="min-w-[14rem] flex-1">
diff --git a/resources/views/care/patients/index.blade.php b/resources/views/care/patients/index.blade.php
index 6669bba..dcbc940 100644
--- a/resources/views/care/patients/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/care/patients/index.blade.php
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 
         @if (request('focus') === 'assessments')
             <div class="rounded-2xl border border-sky-100 bg-sky-50 px-4 py-3 text-sm text-sky-900">
-                <p class="font-medium">Clinical assessments</p>
+                <p class="font-medium">Clinical forms</p>
                 <p class="mt-1 text-sky-800/90">
-                    Open a patient chart for assessments, pathways, and outcomes — or start a visit from
+                    Open a patient to review history forms and condition-specific scores, or start a visit from
                     <a href="{{ route('care.queue.index') }}" class="font-medium underline">Queue</a>
-                    and use <strong>Universal intake</strong> / <strong>Clinical pathways</strong> on the consultation.
+                    and use the patient history form and condition pathways on the consultation.
                 </p>
             </div>
         @endif
diff --git a/resources/views/care/patients/show.blade.php b/resources/views/care/patients/show.blade.php
index b982e10..a10cf42 100644
--- a/resources/views/care/patients/show.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/care/patients/show.blade.php
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
                                     $ccAnswer = $latestUniversalIntake->answers->first(fn ($a) => $a->question?->code === 'chief_complaint');
                                 @endphp
                                 <div class="mt-2 rounded-lg border border-sky-100 bg-sky-50/50 px-3 py-2">
-                                    <p class="text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-sky-800">Universal intake</p>
+                                    <p class="text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-sky-800">Patient history form</p>
                                     <p class="mt-1">
                                         <a href="{{ route('care.assessments.show', $latestUniversalIntake) }}" class="text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">
                                             {{ $assessmentStatuses[$latestUniversalIntake->status] ?? $latestUniversalIntake->status }}
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@
                                     @if ($canCaptureAssessment ?? false)
                                         <a href="{{ route('care.assessments.create', $patient) }}" class="text-sm font-medium text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">Start assessment</a>
                                     @endif
-                                    <a href="{{ route('care.pathways.index', $patient) }}" class="text-sm font-medium text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">Clinical pathways</a>
-                                    <a href="{{ route('care.outcomes.index', $patient) }}" class="text-sm font-medium text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">Outcomes &amp; trends</a>
+                                    <a href="{{ route('care.pathways.index', $patient) }}" class="text-sm font-medium text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">Condition pathways</a>
+                                    <a href="{{ route('care.outcomes.index', $patient) }}" class="text-sm font-medium text-sky-600 hover:text-sky-700">Follow-up scores</a>
                                 </p>
                             @endif
                         </div>
diff --git a/resources/views/care/reports/show.blade.php b/resources/views/care/reports/show.blade.php
index d9674b1..9c8e47b 100644
--- a/resources/views/care/reports/show.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/care/reports/show.blade.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                 </dl>
             </div>
             <div class="rounded-2xl border border-slate-200 bg-white p-6">
-                <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">By template</h2>
+                <h2 class="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500">By clinical form</h2>
                 <table class="mt-4 min-w-full text-sm">
                     <thead>
                         <tr>
diff --git a/resources/views/care/settings/edit.blade.php b/resources/views/care/settings/edit.blade.php
index f88c9e5..0773077 100644
--- a/resources/views/care/settings/edit.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/care/settings/edit.blade.php
@@ -89,16 +89,16 @@
             @endif
 
             @if ($canManage)
-                <x-settings.card title="Clinical assessments" description="Layered intake, disease pathways (stroke, diabetes, COPD, …), scoring instruments, and outcome tracking on consultations and patient charts.">
+                <x-settings.card title="Clinical forms" description="Patient history checklists, condition-specific forms (stroke, diabetes, COPD, and more), and follow-up scores on visits and patient charts.">
                     <label class="flex items-start gap-3 text-sm">
                         <input type="checkbox" name="assessments_engine" value="1"
                                @checked(old('assessments_engine', $assessmentsEngineEnabled ?? true))
                                class="mt-0.5 rounded border-slate-300">
                         <span>
-                            <span class="font-medium text-slate-800">Enable clinical assessments engine</span>
+                            <span class="font-medium text-slate-800">Show clinical forms on consultations</span>
                             <span class="mt-0.5 block text-xs text-slate-500">
-                                Shows universal intake, pathway suggestions, and disease forms on consultations.
-                                Open a patient → consultation (Queue) or patient chart → Assessments / Pathways / Outcomes.
+                                Adds a patient history form and condition pathways on each visit.
+                                Find them on Queue consultations, or open a patient chart for history, pathways, and follow-up scores.
                             </span>
                         </span>
                     </label>
diff --git a/resources/views/partials/sidebar.blade.php b/resources/views/partials/sidebar.blade.php
index cb66099..bf38592 100644
--- a/resources/views/partials/sidebar.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/partials/sidebar.blade.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             );
         if ($assessmentsEngineOn && $permissions->can($member, 'assessments.view') && $permissions->can($member, 'patients.view')) {
             $nav[] = [
-                'name' => 'Assessments',
+                'name' => 'Clinical forms',
                 'route' => route('care.patients.index', ['focus' => 'assessments']),
                 'active' => request()->routeIs('care.assessments.*')
                     || request()->routeIs('care.pathways.*')
diff --git a/tests/Feature/CareAssessmentExtrasTest.php b/tests/Feature/CareAssessmentExtrasTest.php
index 162736b..c7bfd2c 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/CareAssessmentExtrasTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/CareAssessmentExtrasTest.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class CareAssessmentExtrasTest extends TestCase
             ->get(route('care.reports.show', ['type' => 'assessments']))
             ->assertOk()
             ->assertSee('Assessment analytics')
-            ->assertSee('By template')
+            ->assertSee('By clinical form')
             ->assertSee('mrs');
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Feature/CarePathwayTest.php b/tests/Feature/CarePathwayTest.php
index 3bef060..7ec4af5 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/CarePathwayTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/CarePathwayTest.php
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class CarePathwayTest extends TestCase
         $this->actingAs($this->user)
             ->get(route('care.consultations.show', $consultation))
             ->assertOk()
-            ->assertSee('Clinical pathways')
+            ->assertSee('Condition pathways')
             ->assertSee('Stroke')
             ->assertSee('keyword:');
     }
diff --git a/tests/Feature/CareStrokeMvpTest.php b/tests/Feature/CareStrokeMvpTest.php
index 97b000d..7a4fc14 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/CareStrokeMvpTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/CareStrokeMvpTest.php
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class CareStrokeMvpTest extends TestCase
         $this->actingAs($this->user)
             ->get(route('care.consultations.show', $consultation))
             ->assertOk()
-            ->assertSee('Pathway instruments')
+            ->assertSee('Recommended forms')
             ->assertSee('NIH Stroke Scale')
             ->assertSee('Modified Rankin Scale')
             ->assertSee('Continue');
diff --git a/tests/Feature/CareUniversalIntakeTest.php b/tests/Feature/CareUniversalIntakeTest.php
index 34af6aa..bffb9e6 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/CareUniversalIntakeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/CareUniversalIntakeTest.php
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ class CareUniversalIntakeTest extends TestCase
         $this->actingAs($this->user)
             ->get(route('care.consultations.show', $consultation))
             ->assertOk()
-            ->assertSee('Universal intake')
-            ->assertSee('narrative source of truth', false)
-            ->assertSee('Start universal intake');
+            ->assertSee('Patient history form')
+            ->assertSee('do not overwrite each other', false)
+            ->assertSee('Start patient history form');
 
         $this->actingAs($this->user)
             ->post(route('care.consultations.assessments.store', $consultation), [
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class CareUniversalIntakeTest extends TestCase
         $this->actingAs($this->user)
             ->get(route('care.patients.show', $this->patient))
             ->assertOk()
-            ->assertSee('Universal intake')
+            ->assertSee('Patient history form')
             ->assertSee('Severe headache for 2 days');
     }