ACPO | Association of Chief Police Officers |
ACPOS | Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland |
ADAT | Alcohol and Drug Action Team |
AR | Arrest referral |
ASIST | Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training |
Breathing Space | Telephone advice line for people experiencing low mood or depression |
Choose Life | Scottish Executive's National Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in Scotland |
Cochrane Review | A systematic review of healthcare interventions which promotes the search of evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions |
CPR | Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation |
DAT Association | Drug Action Team Association |
DTTO | Drug Treatment and Testing Orders |
GMS | General Medical Services |
Golden Lion Group | A group of senior doctors delivering drug misuse services in Scotland |
GP | General Practitioner |
GPS | General Pharmaceutical Services |
GROS | General Register Office for Scotland |
HMP | Her Majesty's Prison |
KTS | Know the Score - The Scottish Executive's communication campaign |
Mental Health First Aid | Training course to raise public awareness about mental health issues |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
NDC | National Drug Co-ordinator |
NES | National Enhanced Service |
np-SAD | National ( UK) Programme on Substance Misuse Deaths |
PDI | Partnership Drugs Initiative - Funding provided by Lloyds TSB Foundation |
RCGP | Royal College of General Practitioners |
SACDM | Scottish Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse |
SDEA | Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency |
SDF | Scottish Drugs Forum |
SIGN | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |
SPS | Scottish Prison Service |
SSA | Single Shared Assessment |
STRADA | Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol |
Substance Misuse Research Programme | Research programme funded by the Scottish Executive for research in the area of substance misuse |
TAS | Throughcare Addiction Service |
Tripartite Group on Throughcare | The Scottish Executive, the Scottish Prison Service and local authorities |