| A&E |
Accident and Emergency |
| ACT |
Alcohol Care Team |
| ADHD |
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| AF |
Atrial fibrillation |
| AHP |
Allied health professional |
| AHSN |
Academic Health Science Network |
| AI |
Artificial intelligence |
| ALB |
Arm’s Length Body |
| API |
Application programming interface |
| BAME |
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic |
| BMA |
British Medical Association |
| BMI |
Body mass index |
| CAS |
Clinical Assessment Service |
| CCG |
Clinical commissioning group |
| CCIO |
Chief Clinical Information Officer |
| CETR |
Care, Education and Treatment Review |
| CIO |
Chief Information Officer |
| CMA |
Competition and Markets Authority |
| CNST |
Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts |
| CPR |
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| CQC |
Care Quality Commission |
| CQUIN |
Commissioning for Quality and Innovation |
| CRN |
Clinical Research Network |
| CSTR |
Community Service Treatment Requirement |
| CT |
Computerised tomography |
| CTR |
Care and Treatment Review |
| CVD |
Cardiovascular disease |
| DHSC |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| DTOC |
Delayed transfer of care |
| ECDS |
Emergency Care Data Set |
| EEA |
European Economic Area |
| EHCH |
Enhanced Health in Care Homes |
| EPR |
Electronic patient record |
| EPS |
Electronic Prescription Service |
| ESCAPE-pain |
Enabling Self-management and Coping with Arthritic Pain through Exercise |
| FCP |
First Contact Practitioners |
| FH |
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia |
| FRF |
Financial Recovery Fund |
| FTE |
Full-time equivalent |
| GBD |
Global Burden of Disease |
| GDE |
Global Digital Exemplar |
| GDP |
Gross domestic product |
| GIRFT |
Getting It Right First Time |
| GMC |
General Medical Council |
| GP |
General practitioner |
| GVA |
Gross Value Added |
| HEE |
Health Education England |
| HEI |
Higher Education Institution |
| HFSS |
High in fat, salt and sugar |
| HPV |
Human papilloma virus |
| IAPT |
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies |
| ICP |
Integrated Care Provider |
| ICS |
Integrated Care System |
| IPS |
Individual Placement and Support |
| ISDN |
Integrated Stroke Delivery Network |
| LeDeR |
Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme |
| LGBT+ |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender |
| LHCR |
Local Health and Care Records |
| LoS |
Length of stay |
| LTP |
Long Term Plan |
| MCP |
Multispeciality community provider |
| MRI |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| MSK |
Musculoskeletal |
| NEWS2 |
National Early Warning Score 2 |
| NHS |
National Health Service |
| NICE |
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
| NIHR |
National Institute for Health Research |
| NMC |
Nursing and Midwifery Council |
| NRLS |
National Reporting and Learning System |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PACS |
Primary Acute Care Systems |
| PHB |
Personal health budget |
| PHE |
Public Health England |
| PHR |
Personal health record |
| QI |
Quality Improvement |
| QNI |
Queen’s Nursing Institute |
| QOF |
Quality and Outcomes Framework |
| R&D |
Research and development |
| RDC |
Rapid Diagnostic Centre |
| RTT |
Referral to treatment |
| SaaS |
Software as a Service |
| SBLCB |
Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle |
| SCCL |
Supply Chain Coordination Limited |
| SDEC |
Same Day Emergency Care |
| SSNAP |
Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme |
| STOMP |
Stopping over medication of people with a learning disability autism or both |
| STAMP |
Supporting Treatment and Appropriate Medication in Paediatrics |
| STP |
Sustainability and Transformation Partnership |
| SUS |
Secondary Uses Service |
| UCLH |
University College London Hospitals |
| UNICEF |
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund |
| UTC |
Urgent Treatment Centre |
| VCSE |
Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise |
