Jargon and acronym buster
We know that the language used in healthcare can sometimes be quite confusing, especially when acronyms are concerned. To make life a little easier, we try very hard to ensure that we spell out acronyms in full at first mention and then put the abbreviation in brackets, for example, Strategic Clinical Network (SCN).
We’ve also put together a list of all the acronyms we’ve used on this site, and at the bottom of this page you’ll find links to other acronym and jargon busters.
| ACP | Advance Care Planning |
| ADRT | Advanced Decision to Refuse Treatment |
| AF | Atrial Fibrillation |
| AHSNs | Academic Health Science Networks |
| AKI | Acute Kidney Injury |
| APPG | All Party Parliamentary Group |
| AQuA | Advancing Quality Alliance |
| AT | Area Team |
| CAMHS | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services |
| CCG | Clinical Commissioning Group |
| C&M | Cheshire and Merseyside |
| CKD | Chronic Kidney Disease |
| CMPCNAG | Cheshire and Merseyside Palliative and End of Life Care Network Audit Group |
| CMPHN | Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Collaborative Service |
| CMSCN | Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Clinical Network |
| CNG | Clinical Network Group |
| COCH | Countess of Chester Hospital |
| COSD | Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset |
| CQUIN | Commissioning for Quality and Innovation |
| CRUK | Cancer Research UK |
| CSU | Commissioning Support Unit |
| CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
| CWP | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership |
| CWW | Cheshire, Warrington, Wirral |
| CYP | Children and Young People |
| DNACPR | Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation |
| eGFR | Estimated glomerular filtration rate (acronym does start with lower case) |
| FFT | Friends and family test |
| HAWB | Health and wellbeing board |
| HEE | Health Education England |
| IAPT | Improving Access to Psychological Therapies |
| IGR | Impaired Glucose Regulation |
| LD | Learning Disability |
| LEPs | Local Enterprise Partnerships |
| LMH | Liaison Mental Health |
| LSC | Lancashire and South Cumbria |
| LTC | Long Term Conditions |
| LUCADA | National Lung Cancer Audit Database |
| MDT | Multi-Disciplinary Team |
| MH | Mental Health |
| MHDN | Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions |
| MPET | Multi professional education and training |
| NBOCAP | National Bowel Cancer Audit Programme |
| NCIN | National Cancer Intelligence Network |
| NDPP |
National Diabetes Prevention Programme |
| NICE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
| NMHIN | National Mental Health Intelligence Network |
| NWCAHSH | North West Coast Academic Health Science Network |
| NWAS | North West Ambulance Service |
| NWC SCN | North West Coast Strategic Clinical Networks |
| P&EoLC | Palliative and End of Life Care |
| PHE | Public Health England |
| PPI | Patient and Public Involvement |
| PTSD | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| QIPP | Quality Improvement Productivity and Prevention |
| RCOG | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| SABINE | Saving Babies in the North of England |
| SCN | Strategic Clinical Network |
| SGA | Small for Gestational Age |
| SIG | Special Interest Group |
| SMT | Senior Management Team |
| STPs | Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships |