Scottish Government

CANCER IN SCOTLAND SUSTAINING CHANGE

GLOSSARY

CCRC - Cancer Care Research Centre
CHART - Continuous hyper-fractionated accelerated radiotherapy
CHI - Community Health Index
CHPs - Community Health Partnerships
CMO - Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
CNO - Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland
CSBS - Clinical Standards Board for Scotland
CSIP - Cancer Service Improvement Programme
CSO - Chief Scientist Office
ECCI - Electronic Clinical Communications Implementation
FOBt - Faecal Occult Blood testing
GP - General Practitioner
GSF - Gold Standards Framework
HDMB - Health Department Management Board
HEMPA - Hospital Electronic Medication Prescribing and Administration
HTBS - Health Technology Board for Scotland
ISD - Information and Statistics Division
IM&T - Information Management and Technology
LBC - Liquid Based Cytology
MCN - Managed Clinical Network
NCRI - National Cancer Research Institute
NCRN - National Cancer Research Network
NES - NHS Education for Scotland
NHS QIS - NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
NHSS - NHSScotland
NICE - National Institute for Clinical Excellence
NMPDU - Nursing and Midwifery Practice Development Unit
NOF - New Opportunities Fund
NPF - National Pharmacy Forum
NTRAC - National Translational Cancer Network
NRT - Nicotine Replacement Therapy
NSC - UK National Screening Committee
PET - Positron Emission Tomography
PFPI - Patient Focus Public Involvement
PSA - Prostate Specific Antigen
RCAGs - Regional Cancer Advisory Groups
RPGs - Regional Planning Groups
SCC - Scottish Cancer Coalition
SCG - Scottish Cancer Group
SCI - Scottish Care Information
SCRN - Scottish Cancer Research Network
SDAP - Scottish Dental Action Plan
SEHD - Scottish Executive Health Department
SHOW - Scottish Health on the Web: www.show.scot.nhs.uk
SIGN - Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
SMASAC - Scottish Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee
SMC - Scottish Medicines Consortium
SUCA - Scottish Urological Cancer Audit