| Acronym | Definition |
| 18WW | Eighteen Week Waits |
| A&E | Accident & Emergency |
| AD | Advance Decision |
| AIN | Assistant in Nursing |
| AMHP | Approved Mental Health Professional |
| AMHP | Approved Mental Health Professional |
| APGAR | after Dr. Virginia APGAR |
| AS | Advance Statement |
| ASA | Average Speed of Answer |
| ASW | Approved Social Worker (redundant term. See AMHP) |
| AVA | Abuse of Vulnerable Adults |
| BAAF | British Association for Adoption and Fostering |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette-Guérin |
| BME | Black and Minority Ethnic |
| BMP | Bitmap (file extension format) |
| BNF | British National Formulary |
| C19 | Form C19: Application for a warrant of assistance (Section 102 Children Act 1989) |
| CAB | Choose and Book |
| CAF | Common Assessment Framework |
| CCG | Clinical Commissioning Group |
| CCHP | Community Children’s Health Partnership |
| CCOW | Clinical Context Object Workgroup |
| CD | Controlled Drugs |
| CDA | Clinical Document Architecture |
| CMDS | Contract Minimum Data Set |
| COVER | Cover Of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly |
| CPMS | Clozaril Patient Monitoring System |
| CTO | Community Treatment Order |
| DNA | Did Not Attend |
| DNAR | Do Not Attempt Resuscitation |
| DOB | Date of Birth |
| DOLS | Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards |
| DPA | Data Protection Act |
| DSCN | Data Set Change Notice (replaced by ISN) |
| DTOC | Delayed Transfer of Care |
| EDM | Electronic Document Management |
| e-GIF | e-Government Interoperability Framework |
| eMAR | electronic Medication Administration System |
| EPS | Electronic Prescription Service |
| FTA | Failed to Attend |
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent |
| GDP | General Dental Practitioner |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format (file extension format) |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| GUM | Genito Urinary Medicine |
| HL7 | Health Level 7 |
| HNEAHS | Hunter New England Area Health Service |
| HOCF | Home Oxygen Consent Form |
| HRG | Health Resource Group |
| IAPTS | Increased Access to Psychological Therapies |
| IAPTS | Increased Access to Psychological Therapies Services |
| IC | Information Centre |
| ICD10 | International Classification of Diseases |
| ICP | Integrated Care Pathway |
| ID | Identity |
| IG | Information Governance |
| IMHA | Independent Mental Health Advocate |
| IPTAMDS | Inter-Provider Transfer Administrative Minimum Dataset |
| ISI | Information Sharing Index |
| ISN | Information Standards Notice |
| ISN | Information Standards Notice |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group (file extension format) |
| KC51 | Form KC51: Data collection form required by the Health and Social Care Information Centre |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LEA | Local Education Authority |
| MCA | Mental Capacity Act |
| MDS | Minimum Data Set |
| MHA | Mental Health Act |
| MHRA | Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency |
| MIU | Minor Injury Unit |
| MoJ | Ministry of Justice |
| MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| NCMP | National Child Measurement Programme |
| NCOD | National Child Obesity Database |
| NDTMS | National Drug Treatment Monitoring System |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NICE | National Institute for National Excellence |
| NICU | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| NMP | Non-Medical Prescriber |
| NN4B | NHS Number for Babies |
| NPRAS | National Patient Record Analysis Service |
| ODS | Organisation Data Service |
| PCT | Primary Care Trust |
| PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
| Portable Document Format (file extension format) | |
| PDS | Personal Demographic Service |
| PGD | Patient Group Directions |
| PICU | Paediatric Intensive Care Unit |
| PICU | Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics (file extension format) |
| QR Code | Quick Response Code |
| READ | After Dr James Read |
| RTT | Referral to Treatment |
| SCBU | Special Care Baby Unit |
| SPOTRN | Satisfactory, Problem, Observe, Treatment, Refer, Normal |
| SHA | Strategic Health Authority |
| SNOMED CT | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms |
| SRHAD | Sexual Reproductive Health Activity Dataset |
| SUS | Secondary Uses Service |
| TB | tubercle bacillus (aka Tuberculosis) |
| TTO | To Take Out |
| UBRN | Unique Booking Reference Number |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UUID | Unique User Identification |
| V&I | Vaccinations and Immunisations |
| VTP | Vaccine Tracking Project |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
| WAI | Web Accessibility Initiative |
| XDS | XML Data Services |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
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