A&E | Accident and Emergency |
ASC | Availability Status Code |
BMA Scotland | British Medical Association Scotland |
C.diff | Clostridium difficile |
CHD | Coronary Heart Disease |
CHI | Community Health Index |
COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
CPP | Community Planning Partnership |
CRL | Capital Resource Limit |
CT | Computerised Tomography |
DDD | Defined Daily Dose |
DEL | Departmental Expenditure Limit |
DES | Directly Enhanced Services payment |
DFY2 | Dental Foundation Year 2 |
DNA | Did not attend |
EPP | Efficiency and Productivity Programme |
EPSG | Efficiency and Productivity Steering Group |
EU-15 | European Union members prior to 2004 7 |
FTSTA | Fixed Term Speciality Training Appointments |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GMS | General Medical Services |
GP | General Practitioner |
GROS | General Register Office Scotland |
HAI | Healthcare Associated Infection |
HEAT | Health, Efficiency, Access and Treatment |
HPV | Human Papilloma Virus |
ISD | Information Services Division |
KSF | Knowledge and Skills Framework |
LDP | Local Delivery Plan |
MAS | Minor Ailment Service |
MMC | Modernising Medical Careers |
MMR1 | Measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (one dose) |
MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
MRSA | methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
MSSA | methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus |
NES | NHS Education for Scotland |
NHSScotland | National Health Service Scotland |
NRAC | NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee |
NSS | NHS National Services Scotland |
PIN | Partnership Information Network |
QIS | Quality Improvement Scotland |
RRL | Revenue Resource Limit |
SAS | Scottish Ambulance Service |
Scot PHO | Scottish Public Health Observatory |
SHO | Senior House Officer |
SHOW | Scottish Health On the Web |
SIGN 74 | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |
SOA | Single Outcome Agreement |
SSHAIP | Scottish Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infection Programme |
TAGRA | Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation |