NHS Abbreviations - Healthwatch Bedford Borough

NHS Abbreviations Shaping healthcare finance Published by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Albert House, 111 Victoria Street, Bristol BS1 6AX Tel: (44) 0117 929 4789 Fax: (44) 0117 929 4844 E-mail: info@hfma.org.uk This guide and its contents were developed by Letsie Tilley and Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. While every care has been taken in the preparation of this material, the publishers and authors cannot in any circumstances accept responsibility for error or omissions, and are not responsible for any loss occasioned to any person or organisation acting or refraining from action as a result of any material within this guide. © Healthcare Financial Management Association 2012. All rights reserved. The copyright of this material and any related press material featuring on the HFMA website is owned by Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publishers. However, these terms are waived when such reproduction is solely for the internal use of the purchasing organisation and their employees. Enquiries about reproduction outside of these terms should be sent to the publishers at info@hfma.org.uk or posted to the above address. Foreword Over the years, the NHS has developed a vast range of acronyms (clinical and management) that are often bewildering to both practitioners and those who are new to the service. Letsie Tilley and Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has kept track of this gradual growth in terminology and we are pleased to reproduce this document as an aid to all those who are trying to discover what a particular acronym means. A2R A4C A&C A&E AA AAACM AAC AAFS AAL ABG ABHI ABI ABM ABPI ABPI ABPsS AC ACA ACAC ACAS ACARD ACC ACCA ACDA ACCEA ACDP ACEI ACF ACFS ACG ACHCEW ACIG ACLS ACMD ACME ACMS ACMT Accounting to Reporting Agenda for Change Administrative & Clerical Accident & Emergency Attendance Allowance All Age All Cause Mortality Advisory Appointments Committee Area Anti-Fraud Specialist Annual Audit Letter Area-based Grant Association of British Health-Care Industries Acquired Brain Injury Activity-Based Management Association of the British Healthcare Industries Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry Associate British Psychological Society Audit Commission Association of Chartered Accountants Area Clinical Audit Committee Advisory, Conciliation & Arbitration Service Advisory Council for Applied Research and Dev Association of County Councils Accredited clinical coder Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (dementia) drugs Acute Care Forum Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist Advanced Clinical Groups Association of Community Health Councils in England/Wales Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Information Group Advanced Coronary Life Support Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs Advisory Committee on Medical Establishment (Scotland) Assessment and Care Management System Advisory Committee on Medical Training ACOST ACP ACPO ACPC ACRA ACS ACTR ACUS ADA ADAS ADC ADD ADH ADHD ADI ADL ADMS ADNS ADP ADQ ADR ADS ADSS ADT AEP AET AFC AFOM AFPM AGC AGS AHA AHCPA AHHRM AHP AHSC AI AIAU AID Advisory Committee on Science and Technology Antiviral Collection Point Association of Chief Police Officers Area Child Protection Committee Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation Acute Care Support Additional Cost of Teaching and Research After Care under Supervision Annual Delivery Agreements Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service Association of District Councils Automatic Data Capture Attention Deficit Disorder Additional Duty Hours Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Application Desktop Integrator Activities of Daily Living Assistant Director of Medical Services Assistant Director of Nursing Services Accelerated Development Programme Automatic Data Processing Average daily quantity Alternative Dispute Resolution Adverse Drug Reaction Annual Debt Service Attribution dataset Association of Directors of Social Services Admission Discharge Transfer Adverse Effect on Patients Adverse Effect on Taxpayers Agenda for Change Associate of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine Associate of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine Audit and Governance Committee Annual Governance Statement Associate of the Institute of Hospital Administrators Association of Health Centre and Practice Administrators Association of Healthcare Human Resource Management Allied Health Professionals Academic Health Science Centre Annual Interest Audit, Information and Analysis Unit Artificial Insemination by Donor 1 AIDS AIE AIF AIM AIMS A-in-A AIP AIR AIS AKC AL ALA ALAC ALB ALERT ALIVE ALOS AM AMA AMAP AMD AME AMEE AMH AMHP AMHS AMPS AMQ AMRC AMS Anti-VEGF AO AODP AOP AOSW Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Analysis of the Impact on Equality Area Investment Framework Advanced Informatics in Medicine Association of Independent Multifunds Accreditation of Adult Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services Association for Improvement in Maternity Services Appropriation-in-Aid Approval in Principle Annual Innovation Report Advanced Investigations and Sanctions Advance Letter Association of Local Authorities Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre Acute Life-Threatening Events Recognition and Treatment Actions Linked to Impact on Vascular Events Average Length of Stay Area Manager Association of Metropolitan Authorities American Medical Association Advisory Mileage Allowance Payments Associate Medical Director Age-related Macular Degeneration Annually Managed Expenditure Association for Medical Education in Europe Adult Mental Health Approved/Associate Mental Health Practitioner Adult Mental Health Services Assessment of Motor and Process Skills Average monthly quantity Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Association of Medical Research Charities Army Medical Services Anti Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Accountable Officer Association of Operating Department Practitioners Association of Optometrists Annual Operating Plan Assertive Outreach Support Worker AOT AP APAC APD APEL APH APHO APLS APMS APC APO APPG AQH AQP AQMAR ARCO ARF ARG ARM ARSAC ARSH AS ASA ASB ASC ASCC ASCID ASD ASEC ASH ASIST ASIT ASME ASMS ASSIST AST ASTROPUs ASW Assertive Outreach Team Associate Practitioner Area Professional Advisory Committee Advanced Professional Development Accreditation for Prior Experimental Learning Association of Public Health Assoc of Public Health Observatories Advanced Paediatric Life Support Alternative Provider of Medical Services Admitted Patient Care Adult Placement Officer All Party Parliamentary Group Association for Quality in Healthcare Any Qualified Provider Assuring the Quality of Medical Appraisal for Revalidation Attributing Revenue Costs Acute Renal Failure Adult Review Group Annual Reporting Manual Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee Association of Royal Society of Health Associate Specialist Ambulance Service Association Advertising Standards Agency Accounting Standards Board Ancillary Staffs Council Autistic Spectrum Conditions Additional Supply Capability and Capacity Adult social care information development Adult Services Department Autistic Spectrum Disorder Associate Specialist Education Committee Action on Smoking & Health Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training Association of Surgeons in Training Association for the Study of Medical Education Area Security Management Specialist Association for Information Management and Technology Staff Assessment and Support Team Age sex temporary resident originated prescribing units Approved Social Worker 2 ATLS ATMD ATTRACT AUDGP AUP AURIL AUTM AVC AVG AVMA AWMEG AWOL AWP BA BAc BAC BACS BAEM BAF BAFO BAMM BAN BAO BAOT BAP BAPEN BAPhysMe d BAPS BAPT BASc BASICS BAUS BMBS BCBV BChD Advanced Trauma Life Support Association of Trust Medical Directors Ask TRIP to Rapidly Alleviate Confused Thoughts Association of University Departments of General Practice Administrative User Portal Assoc for University Research and Industry Links Association of University Technology Managers Additional Voluntary Contribution Ambulatory Visit Group Action for the Victims of Medical Accidents All-Wales Management Efficiency Group Absent without leave Allocation Working Paper Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Acupuncture British Association of Chemists Bankers Automated Clearing System British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine Board Assurance Framework Best and Final Offers British Association of Medical Managers British Association of Neurologists British Association of Otolaryngologists British Association of Occupational Therapists Best Available Price British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition British Association of Physical Medicine British Association of Paediatric Surgeons British Association of Plastic Surgeons British Association of Physical Training Bachelor of Applied Science British Association of Immediate Care British Association of Urological Surgeons Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Better Care Better Value Bachelor of Dental Surgery BChir BClinSci BCM BDA BDentSci BDH BDS BDSc BEAM BEST BGM BGS BHFNC BHTA BI BIBRA BIC BILD BIR BIS BIVDA BJGP BLC BLDSC BLF BLROA BLS BM BMA BMB BME BMedBiol BMedSci BMIS BMJ BMSA BMSJ Bmstix BMT BNF BNO BO Bachelor of Surgery Bachelor of Clinical Science Business Continuity Management Twice Daily British Dental Association/Diabetic Association/ British Dietetic Association Bachelor of Dental Science British Drug Houses Bachelor of Dental Surgery Bachelor of Dental Science Biomedical Equipment Assessment and Management Behaviour and Education Support Teams Board General Manager British Geriatric Society British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health British Healthcare Trades Association Business Intelligence British Industrial Biological Association Business Innovation Centre British Institute of Learning Disabilities British Institute of Radiology (British Library) Business Information Service Business Innovation and Skills British In Vitro Diagnostics Association British Journal of General Practice Building Leadership Capacity British Library Document Supply Centre British Lung Foundation British Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Association Basic Life Support Bachelor of Medicine British Medical Association British Medical Bulletin Black and minority ethnic Bachelor of Medical Biology Bachelor of Medical Science British Medical Informatics Society British Medical Journal British Medical Students Association British Medical Students Journal Blood Glucose Measure Bone Marrow Transplant British National Formulary Bowels Not Open Bowels Open 3 BOA BOC BOE BOG BP BP or BPh BPA BPAS BPC BPharm BPL BPMF BPPC BPS BrAPP BRC BSc BSCC BSEC BSI BSR BST BT BTA BTS BUPA BV BVCA C&B C&F C/PI C4C CAA CAB CABA CABG CADO CA & ET CAF CAGR CAIPE CAMO CAMHs CANO CAP British Orthopaedic Association Board of Commissioners Back Office Efficiencies Board of Governors Blood Pressure (or) Bullet Points British Pharmacopoeia British Paediatric Association British Pregnancy Advisory Service British Pharmaceutical Codex Bachelor of Pharmacology Blood Products Laboratory British Postgraduate Medical Federation Better Payment Practice Code British Psychological Society British Pharmacological Society British Association of Pharmaceutical Physicians Biomedical Research Centre Bachelor of Science British Society for Clinical Cytology Basic Surgical Education Committee Borderline Syndrome Index British Society of Rheumatology Basic Surgical Training Basic Specialist Training British Telecom Business Transfer Agreement Blood Transfusion Service British Thoracic Society British United Provident Association Best Value British Venture Capital Association Choose & Book Children and Families Client/Patient Index Cash for Change Cleaning for Change Comprehensive Area Assessment Choose and Book Controls Assurance Baseline Assessment Coronary Artery By-pass Graft Chief Administrative Dental Officer Clinical Audit and Effectiveness Team Common Assessment Framework Constitutional Advisory Forum Compound Annual Growth Rate Centre for Advancement of Interprofessional Education Chief Administrative Medical Officer Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services Chief Area Nursing Officer Clinical Area of Practice CAPA Capex CAPO CAPS CAS CASP CASPE CASSRs CAT CATS CAT Scan CBA CBF CBI CBLA CBRN CBT CC CCA CCAB CCAD CCBT CCC CCDC CCEPP CCG CCIIT CCMDS CCMP CCN CCP CCRN CCS CCSC CCST Clinical Advisory Panel Choice and Partnership Approach Capital Expenditure Chief Administrative Pharmaceutical Officer Customer Accounting and Payment Strategy Clerical Assessment Service Central Alert System Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Clinical Accountability Service Planning and Evaluation specialist group Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities Change Agent Team Critically Appraised Topic Credit Accumulated Transfer Scheme Computerised Tomography Cost & Benefit Analysis Cross Boundary Flow Confederation of British Industry Central Blood Laboratories Authority Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Cognitive Behavioural Therapy County Council Coalition commitment Civil Contingencies Act Central Council of Accounting Bodies Capital Cost Absorption Duty Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Customer Conversion Centre Consultant for Communicable Disease Control Cochraine Collaboration on Effective Professional Practice Category Consultation Group Clinical Commissioning Group Consultant Contract and Incentives Implementation Team Critical Care Minimum Data Set Capital Cash Management Plans Change Control Notice Community Care Plan Co-operation and Competition Panel Comprehensive Clinical Research Network Clinical Costing System Central Consultants and Specialists Committee Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training 4 CCT CCTA CCU CD CDA CDAAS CDAD CDDS CDG C.diff CDM CDO CDPA CDRP CDS CDSC CDSM CDST CDW CE CEA CEDR CEEHD CEN CEO CEOV CEP CEPOD Cert HSM CES CETV CF CF CFEB CFEP CfH CFISSA Community Care Team Compulsory Competitive Tendency Creating Capable Teams Approach Coronary Care Unit Controlled Drugs Commercial Directorate Clinical Director Clinical Directorate Confidential Disclosure Agreement Community Drug & Advisory Service Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease Council of Dental Deans Commercial Development Group Clostridium difficile Chronic Disease Management Chief Dental Officer Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership Commissioning Data Set Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre Committee on Dental and Surgical Methods Clinical Decision Support Tool Community Development Workers Chief Executive Clinical Excellence Awards Cost Effectiveness Analysis Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution Centre for Evidence in Ethnicity, Health & Diversity European Committee for Standardisation Chief Executive Officer Charge Exempt Overseas Visitors Comprehensive Employment Package Centre for Economic Performance Confidential Enquiry into Premature Deaths Certificate in Health Services Management Commissioning Enablement Service Cash Equivalent Transfer Value Cystic Fibrosis Cash Flow Consumer Financial Education Body Client Focused Evaluation Programme Connecting for Health Centrally funded initiatives and services and Special Allocations CFS CFSMS CFT CfWI CGG CGT CH CHAI CHAIN ChB CHC CHD CHDGP CHE CHF CHI CHIME CHIQ ChM CHMS CHMU CHOU CHP CHRD CHS CHSS CIC CICH CICS CID CILOR CIM CIMA CIP CIPA Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Counter Fraud Services Counter Fraud and Security Management Service Community Foundation Trust Centre for Workforce Intelligence Clinical Governance Group Capital Gains Tax Care Home Commission for Health Audit and Inspection Committee for Health Acquired Infection Child Benefit Chirurgiae Baccalauareus (Bachelor of Surgery) Community Health Council Continuing Health Care Coronary Heart Disease Connection of Health Data and General Practice Centre of Health Economics (York) Coronary Heart Failure Commission for Health Improvement Community Health Index Centre for Health Informatics in Medical Education Centre for Health Information Quality Chirurgiae Magister (Master of Surgery) Council for Heads of Medical Schools Central Health Monitoring Unit Central Health Outcomes Unit Community Health Partnerships Child Health Records Department Child Health Surveillance Centre for Health Services Studies Common Information Core Community Interest Company Children in Care Coronary Intense Care Unit Community Infection Control Service Capital Investment Database Contribution in Lieu of Rates Capital Investment Manual Chartered Institute of Marketing Continuous Improvement (Team) Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Cost Improvement Programme Competitiveness and Innovation Programme Chartered Institute of Patent Agents 5 CIPD CIPFA CIPS CIR CIS CISD CISM CIU CJ CJD CJIP CJS CL CLA CLAHRC CLG CLib CLIMP CLRN CLT CM CMB CMCHA CMDS CME CMHN CMHSD CMHT CMIS CMMS CMO CMP CMS CN CNA CNO Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Critical Incident Review Community Information System Clinical Information System Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Critical East Agency Project Critical Incident Stress Management Central Intelligence Unit Criminal Justice Creutzfeldk-Jakob Disease Criminal Justice Intervention Programme Criminal Justice System Cash Limit Cash Limit Adjustment Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Communities and Local Government Cochrane Library Clinical Information Management Programme Comprehensive Local Research Network Clinical Leadership Team Clinical Meeting Care Management Community Midwife Central Midwives Board Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Acts (2007) Community Minimum Data Set Contract Minimum Data Set Continuing Medical Education Community Mental Handicap Nurse Centre for Mental Health Services Development Community Mental Health Team Contract Management Information System Case Mix Management System Chief Medical Officer Clinical Medical Officer Clinical Management Plan Civilian Medical Practitioner Case Management System Content Management System Charge Nurse Carers National Association Chief Nursing Officer CNS CNST CO CoA COBR CoE COGPED COGT CoHSE COI COIN COM COMAH CONREG COP CoP COPC COPD COPE CORE COREC COS COSOP COTS COW CP CPA CPAA CPC CPCS CPD CPEP CPG CPH Central Nervous System Clinical Nurse Specialist Community Nursing Service Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts Course Organiser Chart of Accounts Cabinet Office Briefing Room Centre of Excellence Committee of General Practice Education Directors Committed Overdraft General Terms Confederation of Health Service Employees Corporate Organisation Identifier Community of Interest Network Collaborative Operating Model Control of Major Accident Hazards Consultants Register Corporate Other Payee Choice of Provider Code of Practice Community Oriented Primary Care Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Committee on Publication Ethics Clinical Outcomes Routine Evaluation Central Office for Research Ethics Committees Contracted Out Services Cabinet Office Statement of Practice on Staff Transfers in the Public Sector Commercial Off The Shelf Computer on wheels Child Protection Capacity Plan Court of Protection Care Programme Approach Comprehensive Performance Assessments Care Programme Approach Association Child Protection Conference Cost Per Case Customer Payment Computer System Continuing Personal/Professional Development Clinical Practice Evaluation Programme Clinical Pathway Group Care Pathway Group Collaborative Procurement Hub Certificate in Public Health 6 CPHL CPI CPLNHS CPMS CPN CPO CPPIH CPS CPSM CQC CQF CQSW CQUIN CQRM CR CRAG CRAGPIE CRB CRC CRCF CRD CRES CREST CRG CRHP CRHT CRI CRIR CRIRG CRL CRMs CRMT CRN CRS CRT CRU CS Central Public Health Library Consumer Prices Index Commissioning a Patient led NHS Clozaril Patient Monitoring Service Community Psychiatric Nurse Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health Crown Prosecution Service Council for the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Core Quality Commission Care Quality Commission Casemix Quality Forum Certificate of Qualification of Social Work Commissioning for Quality and Innovation Clinical Quality Review Meeting Capacity Review Charges for Residential Accommodation Guide Clinical Research and Audit Group Committee of Regional Advisers in General Practice Education Criminal Records Bureau Clinical Research Council/Centre Carbon Reduction Commitment Commission for Rural Communities Conference of Royal Colleges and their Faculties Centre for Reviews and Dissemination Cash Reducing Efficiency Savings Clinical Resource Efficiency Support Team Care Record Guarantee Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Centre for Research and Intelligence Committee for the Regulation of Info Requirements Category Red Incident Review Group Capital Resource Limit Customer Relationship Managers Clinical Risk Management Tool Client Reference Number (or) Child Reference Number Clinical Records System Crisis Resolution Service Community Rehabilitation Team Crisis Resolution/response Team Care and Resource Utilisation Compensation Recovery Unit Clinical Supervisor CSA CSAG CSASHS CSCI CSD CSEC CSF CSFs CSIP CSM CSP CSR CSS CSSD CSU CT CTO CTPLD CTR CTV3 CU CUP CVA CVCP CVD CVE CVP CWD CWP CXR CYPIOG CYPP D&I DAAT DAP DARE DAS Control Self Assessment Clinical Spine Application Clinical Standards Advisory Group Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service Commission for Social Care Inspection Cancer Services Collaborative Clinical Support Desk Continuous Service Date Corporate Specialist Education Committee Cerebrospinal Fluid Critical Success Factors Care Services Improvement Partnership Committee on the Safety of Medicines Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Commissioning Strategy Plan Comprehensive Spending Review Commissioning Support Service Central Sterile Supplies Department Catheter Stream Urine Sample Commercial Support Unit Computerised Tomography Care Trust Compulsory/Community Treatment Order Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities Choice Themed Review Clinical Terms Version 3 (Read Codes) Casualties Union Central Unit on Procurement Cardio Vascular Accident Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals Cardio Vascular Disease Continuous Vocational Education Central Venous Pressure Client Value Proposition Children with Disabilities Changing Workforce Programme Chest X-ray Children & Young People Improving Outcomes Guidance Children and Young Peoples Plan Data and Interfaces Drug Action & Alcohol Team Death Arrears Payee Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness Directly Affected Services 7 DASS DAT DBIS DBS DBT DC DCAG DCCH DCF DCFS DCH DCLG DCMO DCMS DCP DCS DCSF DD DDA DDPU DDRB DEB DEC DECC DEFRA DEL DES DEXA DF DFES DFFP DFG DFT DfT DGH DGM DH DHMSA DhoH Dementia Advice & Support Service Director of Adult Social Services Drug Action Team Department of Business, Innovation and Skills Directly Bookable Service Demographic Batch Service Dialectical Behavioural Therapy District Council Departmental Cost Allowance Guidance Diploma of Community Child Health Discounted Cash Flow Directorate of Counter Fraud Services Diploma of Child Health Department of Communities & Local Government Deputy Chief Medical Officer Department for Culture, Media and Sport Development Control Plan Diploma in Clinical Pathology Director of Clinical Standards Department for Children, Schools and Families Due Diligence Disability Discrimination Act Departmental Data Protection Unit Doctors and Dentists Remuneration Review Body Dental Estimates Board Display Energy Certificate Department of Energy and Climate Change Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Departmental Expenditure Limit Directed Enhanced Service Disability Equality Scheme Device Evaluation Service Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Director of Finance Department for Education and Skills Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning Disabled Facilities Grant Dental Fraud Team Department for Transport Distance from Target District General Hospital District General Manager Department of Health Diploma in the History of Medicine of the Society of Apothecaries Deafened and Hard of Hearing DHSC DICE DICOM DIP DIPC DIS DISP DISS DIT DLA DM DMC DMD DMO DMU DN DNA DNAR DNetRev DNS DOA DOB DOD DoF DOGPE DOL DOLS DOP DoS DP DPA DPAS DPB DPC DPH DPI DPO DPR DPS DQIP DQV DR DRA DRC DRE Directorate of Health and Social Care Disseminating Information on Clinical Effectiveness Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Detailed Implementation Plan Deployment Implementation Programme Director of Infection Prevention and Control Delivery and Improvement Statement Developing Information System for Purchasers District Information Support System District Implementation Team Disability Living Allowance Document Management District Medical Committee Deputy Medical Director District Medical Officer Directly Managed Unit District Nurse Did Not Attend Do not attempt resuscitation Debt/Net Revenue Director of Nursing Services Dead on Arrival Date of Admission Date of Birth Date of Discharge Director of Finance Director of General Practice Education Deprivation of Liberty Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Department of Psychiatry Director of Performance Directory of Services Direct Payment Data Protection Act Drug Prevention Advisory Service Dental Practice Board District Prescribing Committee Director of Public Health Duty to Promote Innovation Data Protection Officer Directorate Performance Review Dental Practice Board Data Quality Improvement Plan Delivering Quality and Value Disaster Recovery Default Retirement Age Disability Rights Commission Depreciated Replacement Cost Delivering Race Equality 8 DREEM DRG DRP DRS DSCN DSCR DSH DSMMD DSO DSPD DSQP DSR DSS DSSA DST DTC DTI DTLR DToC DTTO DV DVTA DVT DWP EA EAC EACA EAG EAGA EBITDA EBITDAR EBL EBM EBP EBS ECDL ECG ECHR ECMO ECM ECN ECPA Developing Recovery Enhancing Environments Measure Drug Reference Group Diagnosis Related Group Disaster Recovery Plan Dental Reference Service Data Set Change Notice Debt Service Cover Ratio Deliberate Self Harm Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Days Sales Outstanding Dangerous and Secure Personality Disorder Dispensary Services Quality Payment Debt Service to Revenue Department of Social Security Delivering same-sex accommodation Disability/Directorate Services Team Diagnostic and Treatment Centre Department of Trade and Industry Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions Delayed Transfers of Care Drug Testing & Treatment Order Domiciliary Visit District Valuer Dependent Variable Dental Vocational Training Authority Deep Vein Thrombosis Department for Work and Pensions Environment Agency Equivalent Annual Cost Emergency Ambulance Cost Adjustment External Advisory Group Expert Advisory Group on AIDS Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortisation and Rent Evidence-Based Learning Evidence Based Medicine Evidence Based Practice Electronic Banking Service European Computer Driving License Electrocardiogram European Convention on Human Rights Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Every Child Matters Extended Choice Network Enhanced Care Programme ECQ ECR ECRH ECT ED EDC EDI EDR EDS EEA EEB EEG EFMI EFS EFL eGFR EHO EHMA EHR EI EIA EIP EIS EL ELDA ELP ELS EMAS EMDR EME EMEA EMH EMI EMIC EMR EMS EMSS EMU EN ENB ENDPB ENIC Approach Education Commissioning for Quality Extra Contractual Referral European Convention on Human Rights Electro Convulsive Therapy Executive Director Equality & Diversity Council Electronic Data Interchange Electronic Digital Research Emergency Duty Service Emergency Dental Services European Economic Area Economy and Enterprise Board Electro-encephalogram European Federation for Medical Informatics Expenditure and Food Survey External Financing Limit Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Environment al Health Officer European Health Management Association Electronic Health Record Early Implementer Equality Impact Assessment Early Intervention in Psychosis Executive Information System Enterprise Investment Scheme Executive Letter English Language Difficulties Adjustment Essential Lifestyle Planning Existing (Clinical Negligence) Liabilities Scheme Employment Medical Advisory Service Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Enhancing the Healthy Environment European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products Elderly Mental Health Elderly Mentally Infirm Export Market Information Centre Electronic Medical Record Environmental Management System Emergency Medical Services Enhanced Medium Secure Services Early Morning Urine Sample Enrolled Nurse English National Board - Nursing Executive Non Departmental Public Body Employer s National Insurance 9 ENP ENT EO EOC EOL EOT EP EPA EPC EPCU EPD EPHR EPoA EPP EPP EPR EPS EPSRC EQIA EQUIP ERC ERDIP ERIC ERP ERA ERS ESBL ESC ESF ESMI ESPS ESR ESRC ESRF ESSA ESSPROS EST ETD ETO ETP Contribution Emergency Nurse Practitioner Ear, Nose and Throat Employer Organisation Essence of Care Emergency Operations Centre End of Life Extension of Time European Parliament European Patent Enduring Power of Attorney European Patent Convention Emergency Planning Co-ordination Unit Emergency Preparedness Division Electronic Patient Health Record Enduring Power of Attorney Expert Patient Pilot Electronic Patient Record Electronic Prescription Service Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council Equality Impact Assessments Effectiveness and Quality in Practice Group Establishing the Responsible Commissioner Electronic Records Development & Implementation Programme Estates Return Information Collection Enterprise Resource Planning Expert Review Panel Enhanced Recovery Programme Enhanced Reporting Service Electoral Reform Services Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Essential Shared Capabilities European Social Funding Elderly Severely Mentally Ill Essential Small Pharmacies Scheme Electronic Staff Record Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Economic & Social Research Council End Stage Renal Failure External Support Services Agreement European System of Integrated Social Protection Statistics Energy Saving Trust Electronic Training and Development Economical, Technical or Organisational Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions EU EUA EWA EWG EWTD F&S FACE FACS FAM FAP FASt FBC FCE FCF FCRL FCN FCT FDA FDL FDTL FESA FESC FFAPTY FFCE FFF FFP FHN FHom FHOT FHS FHSAA FHSA FID FID FM FIEA FIG FIMS FIS FITTA FLSS FM FMIS FMR Electronic Transmission of Prescriptions European Union Examination Under Anaesthetic Enterprise Wide Agreement Expert Working Group European Working time Directive Flexibility & Sustainability Functional Analysis of Core Environment Fair Access to Care Services Fraud Awareness Month Fraud Awareness Presentation Finance Assurance Standards Full Blood Count Full Business Case or Final Business Case Finished Consultant Episode Free Cash Flow NHS Fraud and Corruption Reporting Line Free Choice Network Financially Challenged Trust Food & Drug Administration Finance Divisional Letter Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning Framework External Support Agreement Framework for Procuring External Support for Commissioners Fair For all Personal to You First Finished Consultant Episode Foundations for the Future Fit for Purpose Future Healthcare Network Faculty of Homeopathy Funds held on Trust Family Health Services Family health Services Appeals Authority Family Health Services Authority Finance and Investment Directorate Finance & Investment Directorate Financial Management Branch Fund Income & Expenditure Account Financial Issues Group Financial Information Management System Financial Information System Fixed Term Training Appointment Frontline Service Support Facilities Management Financial Management Information System Function and Manpower Review 10 FNC FNP FODO FOI FOIA FoNS FOT FP FP10 FPA FPC FPN FPP FPS FPU FR FRAB FRED FReM FRP FRR FRS FRT FSA FSD FSG FSL FSR FSS FT FTA FTC FTE FTFF FTGS FTO FTSTAs FU FWATAG FWIR FY FYE GA Free Nursing Care Family Nurse Partnership Federation of Dispensing Opticians Freedom of Information Freedom of Information Act (2000) Foundation of Nursing Studies Forecast Out Turn Family Placement Foundation Programme Family Physician Prescription Form Family Planning Association Family Practitioner Committee Family Practitioner Notice Fitness for Purpose Programme Family Practitioner Services Family Planning Services Fraud Prevention Unit Financial Return Financial Reporting Advisory Board Financial Reporting Exposure Draft Financial Reporting Manual Financial Reporting Procedure Financial Recovery Plan Financial Risk Rating Financial Report Standards Fire Response Team Food Standards Agency Fire Safety Advisor Financial Services Authority Finance Staff Development Finance Skills Development Financial Statement Generator Funded Staffing Level Financial Sustainability Review Formula Spending Share Foundation Trust Failure to Attend Flexible Training Adviser Foundation Trust Consolidation Full Time Equivalent FT Financing Facility Foundation Trust Governors Network Full Time Officer Fixed Term Specialist Training Appointments Follow Up Flexible Working and Training Advisory Group Finance and Workforce Information Returns Financial Year Full Year Effect General Anaesthetic GAD GATT GBO GBS GBT GDC GDP GDP GDS GENECIS GET GFS GH GHS GIS GL GM GMC GMP GMS GMSC GNP GOC GO GOP GOR GOS GOsC GP GP2GP GPAS GPASS GPCGPP GPFC GPHS GPL GPM GPMSS GPO GPSOC GPT GPwSi GRN GS GSCC GSi GSL GSM General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs Governance between Organisations Government Banking Service Group Business Team General Dental Council General Dental Practitioner Gross Domestic Product General Dental Services General Clinical Information System Graded Exercise Therapy Grant Funded Services Golden Hello General Household Survey Geographic Information System General Ledger General Manager General Medical Council Guaranteed Maximum Price Guaranteed Minimum Pension General Medical Practitioner General Medical Services General Medical Services Committee Gross National Product General Optical Council Government Office General Optical Council Government Office Region General Ophthalmic Services General Optical Services General Osteopathic Council General Practitioner (NHS) GP to GP patient record transfer General Practice Assessment Survey General Practice Administration System (Scotland) GP Commissioning Group Pilot Projects General Practice Finance Corporation General Practice Health Services General Practitioners Committee Group Project Manager General Practice Minimum System Specification Group Purchasing Organisations General Practice System of Choice General Professional Training GPs with Special interests Goods Received Note Gazetteer Service General Social Care Council Government Secure Intranet General Sales List Global System for Mobile Telephony 11 GSS GUM GWC HAA HACCP HAS HASCAS HAT HAZ HB Hb HBG HBN HC HCA HCAG HCAI HCAS HCDS HCEU HCHS HCI HCIS HCN HCO HCSW HD HDA HDD HDU H&CJ HE HEA HEBS HEC HEE HEFCE HEI HELICS HELMIS HEO HERU HES HESPs Government Statistical Service Genito Urinary Medicine General Whitely Council Hospital Activity Analysis Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Health Advisory Service Health and Social Care Advisory Service Hospital Activity Tracker Health Advice Team Health Action Zone Health Board Haemoglobin Health Benefit Group Health Building Notes Health Circular Home Care(r) Healthcare Commission Health Council Health Care Assistant Homes and Communities Agency Hospital Consultants Advisory Group Health Care associated/ acquired infection High Cost Area Supplements Health Care Delivery System Healthcare Evaluation Unit Hospital & Community Health Services Home Computing Initiative Health Care Information Service Health Care Networks Health Care Organisation Health Care Support Worker Haemodialysis Health Development Agency Historical Due Diligence High Dependency Unit Health and Criminal Justice Health Education Higher Education Health Education Authority Health Education Board for Scotland Higher Education Council Health Education England Higher Education Funding Council for England Higher Education Institutions Hospital in Europe Link for Infection Control in European Countries Health Management Information Service Health Education Officer Health Economics Research Unit Hospital Episode Statistics Health and Education Strategic HFA HFEA HFMA HGAC HH HIA HIAO HIBCC HIC HIEC HILS HImP HIMPs HIPE HIS HISI HISS HITF HIV HJSC HMC&E HMIC HMR HMRC HMSO HMT HN HNPU HO HoP HoNOS HOSC HQHQ HOT HPA HPAI HPERU HPL HPSSS Partnerships Health for all Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority Healthcare Financial Management Association Human Genetics Advisory Commission Home Help High Impact Actions Head of Internal Audit Opinions Health Index Bar Code Council High Impact Change Health Innovation and Education Clusters Health Information & Library Service Health Improvement Plan/ Programme Health Improvement & Modernisation Plans Hospital In-Patient Enquiry Healthcare Information System Hospital Information System Health Information Service Health Informatics Service Health Improvement and Social Inclusion Hospital Information Support Systems Health Industries Task Force Human Immune Deficiency Virus Hospital Junior Staff Committee Health Management Information Consortium Hospital Medical Records HM Treasury Higher Medical Training Health Notice Has Not Passed Urine House Officer Head of Profession Health of the Nation Outcome Scale Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee Healthcare Quality Head Quarters High Occupancy Trust Health Protection Agency Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Health Policy and Economic Research Unit High Potential Leader Health & Personal Social Service Statistics 12 HPV HQCFA HQIP HR HRG HRIS HRMS HRQL HSAC HSC HSCA HSCAG HSCC HSCI HSCIC HSCIP HSDU HSE HSG HSI HSMC HSMR HSO HSPI HSRN HST Ht HTA HTC HTCS HTM HTMD HTMT HTT HWB HUP HV HWBP I&E IA IACC IAG Human Papilloma Virus High Quality Care for All Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership Human Resources Healthcare Resource Group Human Resources Information System Human Resources Management System Health Related Quality of Life Health Service Advisory Committee Health Service Circular Health Service Commissioner Health and Social Care Act 2003 National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group Health and Social Care Community Health Service Cost Index Health and Social Care Information Centre Health and Social Care Integration Programme Hospital Sterile and Disinfection Unit Health & Safety Executive Health Survey for England Health Service Guidance Health Service Indicators Health Services Management Centre Hospital Standardised Mortality Rates Health or Social Services Organisation Health Service Prices Index Health Services Research Network Higher Surgical Training Height Human Tissue Authority Health Technology Assessment Healthcare Technology Co-operative Hospital Travel Costs Scheme High Technology Medicine High Technology Medicine Diagnosis High Technology Medicine Treatment Home Treatment Team Health and Wellbeing Board Home Use Programme (Computers) Health Visitor Health and Wellbeing Partnership Income & Expenditure Information Architecture Inter-Authority Comparisons & Consultancy Inter Agency Group IAGI IANI IAO IAP IAPT IAS IAT IB IBD IBG IBP IC ICAS ICCP ICD ICE ICM ICN ICO ICON ICP ICPA ICR ICRS ICS ICT ICU ICW ICWS IDAS IDeA IDM IDS IDT IDTS IDTV IEA IEE IEG IfH Intended Average Gross Income Intended Average Net Income Information Asset Owner Impact Assessment Panel Improving Access to Psychological Therapies International Accounting Standard Inter Authority Transfer Individual Budget Injury Benefits Interest Bearing Debt Information Based Governance Integrated Business Plan Information Centre (for Health and Social Care) Independent Complaints Service Integrated Cancer Care Programme Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators International Classification of Diseases Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 Institute of Credit Management Integrated Care Network Infection Control Nurse Information Commissioners Office Initial Call Off Notice Integrated Care Pathway Integrated Contingency Plan Integrated Care Programme Approach Interest Cover Ratio Injury Cost Recovery Integrated Care Record Service Integrated Community Services Information, Communication & Technology Services Intensive Care Unit Integrated Clinical Workstations Integrated Clinical Workstation Integrated Drug and Alcohol Service Improvement and Development Agency Identity Management System Intensive Day Support Income Data Services Incident Decision Tree Integrated Drug Treatment System Integrated Drug Treatment Service Interactive Digital Television Integrated Education Agreement Intelligent Energy Europe Information Executive Group Information for Health 13 IFM I-FReM IFRS IFS IG IGA Form IGS IGSoC IGT IHCD 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System Standard Enforcement in Procurement Successful Team Engagement in inpatient Psychiatric Services 26 STG StHA STI StLaR STP STR SU SUI SUN SURP SUS SVGO SW SWA SWAG SWG SWOT SYLL T&Cs TAC TAG TaHF TaMHS TANHD TARN TCI TCoR TCP/IP TCS TCT TDL TDO TDR TDS TEC TEL TESS TFA TFC TFR TFT TGWU THB THR TI TIG TKR TLO Special Transitional Grant Strategic Health Authority Sexually Transmitted Infections The Strategic Learning and Research Advisory Group Short Term Programme Support, time and recovery (worker) Service User Serious Untoward Incidents Service User Network Service User Representative Panel Secondary Uses Service Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act Social Worker Social Work Assistant Speciality Workforce Advisory Group Speciality Working Group Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats Standardised Years of Life Lost Terms and Conditions Trust Account Form Technical Accounting Group Towards a Healthier Future Targeted Mental Health in Schools Temporary Additional National Half Day Trauma Audit and Research Network To Come In Total Cost of Risk Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Total Commissioning Pilot Transforming Community Services Thin Client Technology Training Delivery Lead Training Development Officer Trust Debt Redemption Trust Debt Remuneration Three times daily Training and Enterprise Council Trust Executive Letter Therapeutically Enhanced Secure Services Tripartite Formal Agreement Treatment Function Code Trust Financial Return Thyroid function Transport and General Workers Union Transitional Housing Benefit Total Hip Replacement Transfer Invoice Technical Issues Group Total Knee Replacement Telephone Liaison Officer TLs TM TMS TNA T and O ToA TOGC TOP TOPPS TPD TPN TPP TPR TPUK TQM TRiP TRIPS TSC TSSU TT TTF TTM TTO TULCRA TUPE TVF TWES UAT UCAS UDA U/S U Coding UDR UEC UEMS UEP UES UGC UGM UITF Therapeutic Communities Team Manager Transaction & Messaging Spine Training Needs Assessment Trauma and Orthopaedics Terms of Authorisation Transfer of a business as a going concern Treatment Outcomes Profile Training Organisation for Personal Social Studies Training Programme Director Total Parenteral Nutrition Total Purchasing Projects Total Purchasing Pilot Temperature, Pulse and Respiration rate Trade Partners UK Total Quality Management Turning Research into Practice Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Technical Steering Committee Theatre Sterile Supplies Unit Technology Transfer Turnaround Task Force Trailing Twelve Months To Take Out (drugs)/ Medication to take home Technology Transfer Organisation Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employees Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 Team, Vision, Future Training and Work Experience Scheme User Acceptance Testing Universities College Admission Service Unit of Dental Activity Ultra Sound Urea and Electrolytes Un-coded activity Unregistered Design Right UES + Creatinine Union Europeenne des Medicins Specialistes (European Union of Specialists) User Experience Performance Urea, Sodium and Potassium University Grants Council Unit General Manager Urgent Issues Task Force 27 UKCC UKCRC UKT UM UMT URP UT UTD UTG UTH UTI VA VADs VAS VAT VBS VC VCA VDD VFM VHIU VHIUs VIA VIAN VLN VS VS VSC VSS VTE VTN VTR VTS VW WAG WAMHS WAMP WAN WAP United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery & Health Visiting UK Cochrane Centre UK Competition Commission United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration UK Transport/Transplant Utilisation Management Unit of Medical Time User Responsibility Profiles User Test User Trialling Unit Training Director Unified Training Grade University Teaching Hospital Urinary Tract Infection Veterans Agency Ventricular Assist Devices Violence and Aggression towards Staff Value Added Tax Vetting and Barring Scheme Venture Capital Venture Capital Association Vendor Due Diligence Value for Money Very High Intensity Uses Very High Intensity Users Values in Action Voices for Improvement Action Network Virtual Learning Network Vital Signs Voluntary Severance Voluntary Service Co-ordinator Voluntary Severance Scheme Venous Thromboembolism Visiting Training Number Vocational Training Record Vocational Training Scheme Virtual Ward Welsh Assembly Government Working Age Mental Health Services Widening Access Medicine Project Wide Area Network Wireless Application Protocol WCC WCF WDC WEMSS WEST WFP WGSMT WHIN WHO WIC WIMS WIST WL WLI WP WR WRAP WRIU WRLDP WRT WRTT WRTU Wt WTE WTEP WTI WTO YCS YDU YHYCYS YISP YOT YOTS YTD ZBB World Class Commissioning Working Capital Facility Workforce Development Confederation Enhanced Medium Secure Services Winter Emergency Service Team Working for Patients Working Group on Specialist Medical Training World Health Organisation Walk In Centre Works Information Management System Women in Surgical Training Scheme Waiting List Waiting List Initiative Working Paper Ward Round Wellness Recovery Action Planning Wales Regional Information Unit Workforce response to local delivery plans Workforce Review Team Week Referral to Treatment Wessex Renal Transport Unit Weight Whole Time Equivalent Whole Time Equivalent Posts Waiting Time Initiative World Trade Organisation Young Chronic Sick Young Disabled Unit Your Health, Your Care, Your Say Youth Inclusion Support Panel Youth Offending Team Youth Offender Team Youth Opportunities Training Scheme Year to Date Zero-Base Budgeting 28 Did you enjoy this publication? The Association produces a wide range of publications and training aimed at developing the skills of finance and non-finance professionals. As well as our bestselling publication Introductory Guide to NHS Finance in the UK we produce publication titles such as: • Introductory Guide – NHS Foundation Trust Finance and Governance • Introductory Guide – NHS Governance • Patient’s Monies and Belongings • Integrated Governance – a guide to risk and joining up the NHS reforms • NHS Audit Committee Handbook • Year End Agreements: A Guide to Good Practice in the NHS • NHS Annual Accounts Planning See the HFMA website for further details: www.hfma.org.uk/publications If you want to try something more interactive whilst earning CPD hours, then why not try our NHS finance e-learning modules, so that you can: • Improve your understanding of NHS finance • Gain CPD hours • Access the training from home or work • Learn at your own pace • Choose from a wide range of subjects including budgeting, governance, commissioning and many more. See the HFMA website for further details: www.hfma.org.uk/e-learning Shaping healthcare finance

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