ACMSF | Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food |
AGI | Scottish Executive Advisory Group on Infection |
AHVU | Animal Health Veterinary Unit of the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department |
AMR | Antimicrobial Resistance |
BBSRC | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
CDSC | Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Colindale |
CMO | Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Executive |
CMR | Continuous Morbidity Recording |
CRAG | Clinical Resource and Audit Group |
CSBS | The Clinical Standards Board for Scotland |
CSO | Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Executive Health Department |
DARC | DEFRA Antimicrobial Resistance Co-ordination Group |
DEFRA | Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
DoH | Department of Health (England) |
ECCI | Electronic Clinical Communication Implementation |
ECOSS | Electronic Communication for Surveillance in Scotland |
EC | European Commission |
EU | European Union |
FSA | Food Standards Agency |
GP | General practitioner |
GPASS | General Practice Administration System for Scotland |
HAI | Hospital acquired infection |
HEBS | Health Education Board for Scotland |
HTBS | Health Technology Board for Scotland |
IM | Information management |
IT | Information technology |
LHCC | Local Health Care Co-operative |
MAFF | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - now DEFRA |
MCA | Medicines Control Agency of the Department of Health |
MDA | Medical Devices Agency |
MRC | Medical Research Council |
MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
NAO | National Audit Office |
NFU | National Farmers Union |
NHSScotland | National Health Service Scotland |
PHLS | Public Health Laboratory Service |
RCGP | Royal College of General Practitioners |
RUMA | Responsible Use of Medicine in Animals Alliance |
SAC VSD | The Scottish Agricultural College - Veterinary Science Division |
SCIEH | The Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health |
SCIMP | Scottish Clinical Information Management in Primary Care Project |
SE | Scottish Executive |
SEHD | Scottish Executive Health Department |
SEERAD | Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department |
SFCC | The Scottish Food Co-ordinating Committee |
SIGN | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |
SMAC | Standing Medical Advisory Committee |
SMC | The Scottish Medicines Consortium |
SODoH | The Scottish Office Department of Health (pre-dated the Scottish Executive Health Department) |
SPICE-PC | Scottish Programme for Implementing Clinical Effectiveness in Primary Care |
VLA | Veterinary Laboratories Agency of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
VMD | Veterinary Medicine Directorate of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
WHO | World Health Organization |