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CANCER IN SCOTLAND: ACTION FOR CHANGE

GLOSSARY

CAPISH - Clinical and Applied Psychologists in Scottish Healthcare
CHART - Continuous hyper-fractionated accelerated radiotherapy
CMO - Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
CNO - Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland
CRAG - Clinical Resource and Audit Group
CSBS - Clinical Standards Board for Scotland
CSO - Chief Scientist Office
CT - Computerised Tomography
ECCI - Electronic Clinical Communications Initiative
ERSSPC - European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
GP - General Practitioner
HADS - Hospice Activity Data System
HEBS - Health Education Board for Scotland
HTBS - Health Technology Board for Scotland
ISD - Information and Statistics Division
IT - Information Technology
LHC - Local Health Council
LHCC - Local Health Care Co-operative
MCN - Managed Clinical Network
MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NCRI- National Cancer Research Institute
NCSC - National Cancer Standards Committee
NeLH - National Electronic Library for Health
NMPDU - Nursing and Midwifery Practice Development Unit
NRT - Nicotine Replacement Therapy
NSC - UK National Screening Committee
PAM - Professions Allied to Medicine
PET - Positron Emission Tomography
PHIS - Public Health Institute for Scotland
PSA - Prostate Specific Antigen
RARARI - Remote and Rural Areas Resource Initiative
SCG - Scottish Cancer Group
SCI - Scottish Care Information
SCPMDE - Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education
SCTN - Scottish Cancer Therapy Network
SHOW - Scottish Health on the Web: www.show.scot.nhs.uk
SIGN - Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
SNAP - Scottish Needs Assessment Programme
SPF - Scottish Partnership Forum
WHO - World Health Organisation

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