Acronym buster
The NHS is full of acronyms and while we will always try to spell out any acronyms we use on the website, we thought this page maybe helpful to you in other situations.
This glossary is an ongoing project so if you have any acronyms that you would like to add then please then suggest them on the feedback form at the bottom of this page. We will include all those that are suitable on our website.
A | |
| AAR | After Action Review |
| ADLs | Activities of Daily Living |
| AfC | Agenda for Change |
| AHP | Allied Health Professional |
| AHSC | Academic Health Science Centre |
| AHSN | Academic Health Science Network |
| AMHP | Approved Mental Health Professional |
| AMR | Antimicrobial resistance |
B | |
| BAF | Board Assurance Framework |
| BME | Black and minority ethnic |
| BPS | British Psychological Society |
| BNF | British National Formulary |
C | |
| CAMHS | Child and adolescent mental health services |
| Carenotes | C&I Electronic Patient Record System |
| CBT | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy |
| cBUG | Camden Borough User (Mental Health) Group |
| CCG | Clinical Commissioning Group(s) |
| CCT | Community care team |
| CIDR | Camden Integrated Digital Record |
| CIP | Cost Improvement Programme |
| CLAHRC | Collaboration for leadership in applied health research and care |
| CMD | Common mental disorder |
| CMHIIN | Camden Mental Health Information and Involvement Network |
| CMHT | Community Mental Health Team |
| CMS | Camden Memory Service |
| CNJ | Camden New Journal local newspaper |
| COG | Council of Governors |
| COO | Chief Operating Officer |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CPA | Care Programme Approach |
| CPD | Continuing professional development |
| CPMH | Chartered Physiotherapists in Mental Health |
| CPN | Community psychiatric nurse |
| CPPEG | Camden Patient and Public Engagement Group |
| CQC | Care Quality Commission |
| CQUIN | Commissioning for quality and innovation |
| CRB | Criminal Records Bureau |
| CRIS | Clinical Record Interactive Search |
| CRSOP | Community Recover Service for Older People |
| CSP | Chartered Society of Physiotherapy |
| CST | Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (a group treatment for people with dementia) |
| CSU | Commissioning support unit |
D | |
| DBS | Disclosure and barring service |
| DH | Department of Health |
| DNA | Did not attend |
| DNR | Do not resuscitate |
| DOLS | Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards |
| DPA | Data Protection Act |
E | |
| EBITDA | Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation |
| ECT | Electro Convulsive Therapy (used to treat very severe depression) |
| EIP | Early intervention in psychosis |
| EIS | Early Intervention Service |
| EPR | Electronic Patient Record – please see RiO & Carenotes |
| EPS | Electronic prescription service |
| ERIC | Estates Return Information Collection |
| ESR | Electronic staff record |
F | |
| FFT | Friends and Family Test |
| FGM | Female genital mutilation |
| FOI | Freedom of Information (FOI) Act |
| FT | Foundation Trust |
| FY | Foundation year 1 / 2 etc for doctors |
G | |
| GMC | General Medical Council |
H | |
| HAZMAT | Hazardous materials |
| H&H | Ham and High local newspaper |
| HCA | Health care assistant |
| HFMA | Healthcare Financial Management Association |
| HIA | Health Impact Assessment |
| HONOS | This is the tool used to allocate patients to a care cluster |
| HSJ | Health Service Journal |
| HWC | Healthwatch Camden |
| HWE | Healthwatch England |
| HWI | Healthwatch Islington |
| HTT | Home Treatment Team |
I | |
| IAPT | Improving Access to Psychological Therapies |
| IBug | Islington Borough User (Mental Health) Group |
| ICP | Integrated care pilot |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| IG | Information governance |
K | |
| KPI | Key performance indicator |
L | |
| LA | Local Authority |
| LAA | Local area agreement |
| L&D | Learning and Development |
| LD | Learning Disability (service) |
| LETBs | Local education and training boards |
M | |
| MATS | Memory Assessment and Treatment Service (Islington) |
| MDA | Medical device alert |
| MDT | Multi-disciplinary team |
| MHA | Mental Health Act |
| MHLDDS | Mental Health and Learning Disability Data Set |
| MHRT | Mental health review tribunal |
| MWIA | Mental well-being impact assessment |
N | |
| NHSE | NHS England |
| NHSI | NHS Improvement |
| NHSIQ | NHS Improving Quality |
| NHSLA | NHS Litigation Authority |
| NHSP | NHS Professionals (an agency providing staff for the NHS) |
| NICE | The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
| NIHR | National Institute for Health Research |
| NPSA | National Patient Safety Agency |
O | |
| OT | Occupational Therapist |
| RCOT | Royal College of Occupational Therapists |
P | |
| PBC | Practice-based commissioning |
| PHB | Personal Health Budget |
| PICU | Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit |
| PID | Project initiation document |
| PIP | Personal independence payment |
| PHSO | Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman |
| PRB | Pay review body |
| PSS | Psychiatrists' Support Service |
Q | |
| QA | Quality assurance |
| QIA | Quality impact assessment |
| QIPP | Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention |
| QOF | Quality and outcomes framework |
R | |
| RAID | Rapid assessment, interface and discharge |
| RCN | Royal College of Nursing |
| RCPSYCH | Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| RiO | The electronic patient record system |
| RN | Registered nurse |
S | |
| SAMH | Service for Ageing and Mental Health |
| SI | Serious incident |
| SLM | Service Line Managers (refers to who comes to the meeting) |
| SLT | Senior Leadership Team (comprised of heads of departments / services, directors, and associate directors) |
| START | An intervention for carers of people with dementia |
T | |
| TUPE | Transfer of Undertakings (protection of employment) regulations |
W | |
| WTE | Whole time equivalent |