A&E | Accident and Emergency |
AfC | Agenda for Change |
AHP | Allied Health Professions |
ABI | Alcohol Brief Interventions |
BADS | British Association of Day Surgery |
CHD | Coronary Heart Disease |
CHI | Community Health Index |
CoSLA | Confederation of Scottish Local Authorities |
CRL | Capital Resource Limit |
CT | Computerised Tomography |
DDD | Defined Daily Dose |
DEL | Departmental Expenditure Limit |
DES | Directly Enhanced Services payment |
DNA | Did Not Attend |
EDIS | Emergency Department Information Systems |
EPP | Efficiency and Productivity Programme |
EPSG | Efficiency and Productivity Steering Group |
ESRC | Economic and Social Research Council |
GDP | General Dental Practitioner |
GDS | General Dental Services |
GMS | General Medical Services |
GP | General Practitioner |
GROS | General Register Office Scotland |
HAI | Healthcare Associated Infection |
HCSW | Healthcare Support Worker |
HEAT | Health, Efficiency, Access and Treatment |
HPS | Health Protection Scotland |
HPV | Human Papilloma Virus |
ISD | Information Services Division |
IT | Information Technology |
KSF | Knowledge and Skills Framework |
LDP | Local Delivery Plan |
LTCC | Long Term Conditions Collaborative |
MIDAS | Management Information and Dental Accounting System |
MMC | Modernising Medical Careers |
MNC | Modernising Nursing Careers |
MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
MSC | Modernising Scientific Careers |
MSSA | Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus |
NDIP | National Dental Inspection Programme |
NES | NHS Education for Scotland |
NHSScotland | National Health Service Scotland |
NSS | NHS National Services Scotland |
PAMSA | Promoting Attendance and Managing Sickness Absence |
PHS | Public Health Service |
PIN | Partnership Information Network |
QIS | Quality Improvement Scotland |
QOF | Quality Outcomes Framework |
RRIG | Remote and Rural Implementation Group |
RRL | Revenue Resource Limit |
SAS | Scottish Ambulance Service |
SCI | Scottish Care Information |
SCT | Scottish Cancer Taskforce |
SGHD | Scottish Government Health Directorates |
SIGN 74 | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |
SMR | Scottish Morbidity Records |
SMT | Scottish Medical Training |
SPARRA | Scottish Patients at Risk of Readmission and Admission |
SPSP | Scottish Patient Safety Programme |
SSHAIP | Scottish Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infection Programme |
TICS | Translation, Interpretation and Communication Strategy |
WHO | World Health Organisation |
WTE | Whole Time Equivalent |