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| 121A | Police referral form 121A (recording reported incidents involving children including domestic violence) | Children and Families |
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| A&E | Accident and emergency | Health |
| A/AS | A level and Advanced Subsidiary | Children and Families |
| A2YO | Achieving 2 Year Olds | Children and Families |
| AA | Administering Authority | Adults, Children and Families |
| AA | Alcoholics Anonymous | Health |
| ABCD | Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) | Adults, Children and Families |
| ABHB | Aneurin Bevan Health Board | Adults |
| ABHI | Association of British Healthcare Industries | Adults |
| ABP | Annual Business Plan | General |
| ACCT | Assessment, Care in Custody and Treatment | General |
| ACE | Adverse Childhood Experience | Children and Families |
| ACET | Adult Continuing Education and Training | Children and Families |
| ACFA | Access Control Framework Access | Core |
| ACMD | Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs | Health |
| ACORN | A Classification Of Residential Neighbourhoods | Communities |
| ADASS | Association of Directors of Adult Social Services | Adults |
| ADCS | Association of Directors of Children's Services | Children and Families |
| ADHD | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | Health |
| ADL | Activities of Daily Living | Adults' |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line | Core |
| ADT | Admissions, discharges and transfers | Health |
| ADVA | Against Domestic Violence Abuse | Health |
| AEN | Additional Educational Need (includes SEN) | Children and Families |
| AFA - G1 | Automatic Fire Alarm Activation Grade 1 (High risk premises) | Communities |
| AFA - G2 | Automatic Fire Alarm Activation Grade 2 (Low risk premises) | Communities |
| AFL | Assessment For Learning | Children and Families |
| AHP | Allied Health Professional | Health |
| AIS | Accessible Information Standard | Adults, Children and Families |
| AL | Annual Leave | General |
| ALB | Arms Length Bodies | General |
| ALB | Adoption Leadership Board | Children and families |
| Allegations Management | Procedure followed when concern raised re child/vulnerable adult protection | Adults, Children and Families |
| ALP | Aerial Ladder Platform | Communities |
| ALT | Assisted Living Technology | Adults |
| AMD | Age related Macular Degeneration | Health |
| AMHP | Approved Mental Health Practitioner | Health |
| AMPS | Asset Management and Property Services | General |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute | General |
| AoMRC | Academy of Medical Royal College | Health |
| AONB | Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty | Communities |
| APHO | Association of Public Health Observatories | Health |
| API | Application Programming Interface | Core |
| APM | Association for Project Management | Core |
| APP | Assessing Pupil Progress | Children and Families |
| APR | Approval Process for Recruitment | General |
| AQP | Any Qualified Provider | Children and Families |
| ARA | Addiction Recovery Agency | Health |
| ASC | Adult social care | Adults, Children and Families |
| ASCC | Additional Supply Capability and Capacity | General |
| ASC-CAR | Adult Social Care Combined Activity Return | Adults |
| ASC-FR | Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) | Adults |
| ASCOF | Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework | Adults |
| ASCS | Adult Social Care Survey | Adults |
| ASG | Accredited Schools Group | Children and Families |
| ASMT | Administrative Systems Management Team | Core |
| ASP | Adult Single Programme | Adults |
| ASP | Application Service Provider | Core |
| AST | Advanced Skills Teacher | Children and Families |
| ASYE | Assisted & Supported year of employment (newly qualified social workers probationary period ) | Adults, Children and Families |
| ATC | Achievement Through Collaboration | General |
| ATP | Authority to Proceed | Core |
| ATS | Applicant Tracking System (recruitment) | General |
| AUP | Acceptable Use Policy | General |
| AVA | Abuse of Vulnerable Adults | Adults |
| AWP | Any Willing Provider | General |
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| B&NES | Bath and North East Somerset | General |
| B2B | Business to Business (commercial transactions between businesses) | Core |
| BA | Breathing Apparatus | Communities |
| BAME | Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic | General |
| BAU | Business As Usual | General |
| BAUS | British Association of Urological Surgeons | Health |
| BBL | Building Better Lives | General |
| BBV | Blood Borne Virus | Health |
| BC | Business Continuity | General |
| BCDR | Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery | General |
| BCF | Better Care Fund | Health |
| BCM | Business Continuity Management | General |
| BCS | British Computer Society | Communities |
| BECTA | British Educational Communications & Technology Agency | Children and Families |
| BEER | Behaviour, Effect, Explanation, Results (for reviews) | Core |
| BESD | Behavioural Emotional & Social Difficulties | Children and Families |
| BGSW | Bath, Gloucester, Swindon, Wiltshire Local Area Team (LAT) | General |
| BICA | Background Information Contact Assessment | Adults, Children and Families |
| BILD | British Institute of Learning Disabilities | Adults, Children and Families |
| BIRT | Business Intellingence Report task | General |
| BIS | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | General |
| BIT | Behavioural Insight Team | General |
| BKM | Bundle Key Milestone | General |
| BMA | British Medical Association | Health |
| BMD | Births, Marriages & Deaths | General |
| BME | Black and Minority Ethnic | General |
| BMW | Biodegradeable Municipal Waste | Communities |
| BOSCARDET | Background, Objectives, Scope, Constraints, Assumptions, Reporting, Dependencies, Estimates, Timescales | Core |
| BP | Business Partner | General |
| BSC | Business Service Centre (payroll, supplier payments & income) | Core |
| BSF | Building Schools for the Future | Adults, Children and Families |
| BTEC | Buisiness and Technology Education Council | Adults, Children and Families |
| BURISA | Board of the British Urban and Regional Information Systems Association | Communities |
| BV | Best Value | General |
| BVPI | Best Value Performance Indicator | General |
| BVPP | Best Value Performance Plan | General |
| BYOD | Bring Your Own Device | Communities |
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| C | Chimney | Communities |
| C&I | Communities and Infrastructure | Communities |
| CAB | Commercial Assurance Board | General |
| CAB | Change Advisory Board | General |
| CAB/C&B | Choose and Book | General |
| CACD | Community & Adult Care Directorate (historical term) | Adults |
| CACI | Consolidated Analysis Centres Incorporated | General |
| CAF | Common Assessment Framework | Adults, Children and Families |
| CAIRB | Communication And Interaction Resource Base | Communities |
| CallCH | Call Challenge | Communities |
| CALS | Clinical Advice And Liaison Service | Health |
| CAMHS | Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services | Children and Families |
| CAO | Child Arrangements Order | Children and Families |
| CAP | Common Assurance Process | General |
| CAPEX | Capital Expenditures | Core |
| CAQDAS | Computer Assisted Qualitative Data AnalysiS | Communities |
| CARAT | Counselling, Assessment Referral Advice and Throughcare | Health |
| CASSRs | Councils with Adult Social Service Responsibilities | Adults |
| CAT | Cognative Ability Test | Children and Families |
| CBS | Community Based Service | Adults, Children and Families |
| CBT | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy | Health |
| CCAD | Central Cardiac Audit Database | Health |
| CCE | Communications and Community Engagement | General |
| CCG | Clinical Commissioning Gloucestershire | Adults, Children and Families |
| CCG | Clinical Commissionning Group | Adults, Children and Families |
| CCGs | Clinical Commissioning Groups | Adults, Children and Families |
| CCN | Change Control Notice | Core |
| CCP | County Community Projects | Health |
| CCS | Civil Contingencies Secretariat | General |
| CCSQ | Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly | Communities |
| CCU | Critical Care Unit | Health |
| CDA | Clinical Document Architecture | Health |
| CDAs | Clinical Group Delegated Authorities | Health |
| CDBs | Commissioning & Development Boards | Communities |
| CDRP | Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships | Communities |
| CDS | Commissioning Data Set | Communities |
| CDU | Clinical Decision Unit | Health |
| CEFM | Child, Early and Forced Marriage | Children and Families |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer | Core |
| CEOP | Child Exploitation and Online Protection | Children and Families |
| CFH/CfH | Connecting for Health: please note, this should only ever be NHS CFH please | Health |
| CFOA | Chief Fire Officers Association | Communities |
| CFS | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | Health |
| CG | Caldicott Guardian | Health |
| CGL | Change Grow Live | Health |
| CHAI | Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection | Health |
| CHC | Continuing Health Care | Health |
| CHD | Coronary Heart Disease | Health |
| CHIMAT | Child and Maternal Health Intelligence Network | Health |
| CHR | Centre for Housing Research | Communities |
| CHRIS | Central Health Register Inquiry System | Health |
| CiC | Children (or Child) in Care | Children and Families |
| CILIP | Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals | Communities |
| CIN | Children In Need (Statutory Return) | Children and Families |
| CIO | Community Interest Organisations | Communities |
| CIPFA | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting | Core |
| CIPFAstats | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting statistics | Core |
| CIPOLD | Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities | Adults |
| CIS | Central Issue System | Communities |
| CIT | Clinical Information Technology | Communities |
| CJD | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | Health |
| CJIT | Criminal Justice Integrated Teams | Communities |
| CLA | Children Looked After | Children and Families |
| CLO | Client Liaison Officer | Adults, Children and Families |
| CMASG | Clinical Messaging Architecture Steering Group | Health |
| CME | Child Missing Education | Children and Families |
| CMHT | Community Mental Health Team | Health |
| CMS | Content Management System | Communities |
| CMT | Controlled Medical Terminology | Health |
| CNN | CIPFA Nearest Neighbour | Core |
| Co | Cotswold | General |
| CO | Cabinet Office | General |
| COA | Census Output Area | General |
| COF | Commissioning Outcomes Framework | Communities |
| COI | Central Office of Information | General |
| Commercial Services | Procurement | General |
| Commissioning Council | GCC contract things out, other companies provide things for us. | Communities |
| Comms | Communications | General |
| CoMT | Corporate Management Team | General |
| ContrOCC | Contr Oxford Computer Systems | Communities |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Health |
| CP | Child Protection | Children and Families |
| CPA | Comprehensive Performance Assessment | General |
| CPA | Care Programme Approach | Health |
| C-PAC | Commissioning Personalisation for Adults and Children | Adults, Children and Families |
| CPD | Continuing Professional Development | General |
| CPR | Child Protection Register | Children and Families |
| CPRD | Clinical Practice Research Datalink | Health |
| CQC | Care Quality Commission | Adults, Children and Families |
| CQRS | Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) | Core |
| CQUIN | Commissioning for Quality and Innovation | Core |
| CR | Cellular Radio | Communities |
| CR | Compulsory Redundancy | General |
| CRB | Criminal Records Bureau | General |
| CRDB | Care Record Development Board | Adults, Children and Families |
| CRG | Clinical Reference Group | Health |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management (system) | Communities |
| CSA | Care Support Alliance | General |
| CSC | Computer Sciences Corporation | Communities |
| CSET | County Special Education Team | Children and Families |
| CSEW | Crime Survey for England and Wales | Communities |
| CSIPs | Continuous Service Improvement Plans | Core |
| CSO | Customer Service Officer | General |
| CSP | Community Safety Partnership | Communities |
| CSP | Chartered Society of Physiotherapy | Health |
| CSRI | Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI) | Adults, Children and Families |
| CSS | Children's Support Services (Capita Module) | Communities |
| CSSRs | Councils with Social Services Responsibilities | General |
| CSU | Commissioning Support Unit | Communities |
| CTD | Corporate Training and Development | Core |
| CTP | Community Third Party | Communities |
| CTPC | Children's Trust Partnership Council | Children and Families |
| CTSB | Children's Trust Statutory Board | Children and Families |
| CUI | Common User Interface | Communities |
| CVD | CardioVascular Disease | Health |
| CWDC | Children's Workforce Development Council | Children and Families |
| CWP | Cold Weather Plan | Health |
| CX | Customer Experience | General |
| CYP | Children and Young People | Children and Families |
| CYPD | Children and Young People's Directorate | Children and Families |
| CYPS | Children & Young Peoples' Service | Children and Families |
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| D&BS | Disclosure and Barring Service | Health |
| DA | Delegated Authority | General |
| DA | Design Authority | General |
| DAAT | Drug and Alcohol Action Team | Health |
| DAMS | Drug and Alcohol Monitoring System | Health |
| DASS | Director of Adult Services | Adults |
| DAT | Drug Action Team | Health |
| DCLG | Department for Communities and Local Government | Communities |
| DCS | Directors of Children's Services | Children and Families |
| DCSF | Department for Children Schools and Families (now replaced by Department for Education) | Children and Families |
| DCW | Data Collection Worksheet | Core |
| DDM | Design Decision Matrix | Core |
| DDN | Dangerous Drug Network | Communities |
| DE | Driving Excellence | Core |
| DECC | Department of Energy & Climate Change | Core |
| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs | Core |
| DEN | Delay Event Notice | General |
| DepMAC | Deployment Milestone Achievement Certificate | General |
| DES | Directed Enhanced Service | General |
| DET | Data Entry Tool | General |
| DevMAC | Development Milestone Achievement Certificate | Core |
| DfE | Department for Education | Children and Families |
| DH | Department of Health | Health |
| DH ERD | Department of Health External Relations Directorate | Health |
| DHID/NHS CFH | Department of Health Informatics Directorate including NHS Connecting for Health | Health |
| DIP | Digital Information Policy Team | Communities |
| DIP | Drug Interventions Programme | Health |
| DIR | Drug Interventions Record | Health |
| DKM | Deployment Key Milestone | Core |
| dm+d | Dictionary of Medicines & Devices | Health |
| DME | Data Management Environment | Communities |
| DMFT | Decayed, Missing Filled Tooth | Health |
| DMIC | Data Management Integration Centre | Core |
| DMS | Defence Medical Services | Health |
| DMT | Departmental Management Team | General |
| DNA | Did Not Attend | General |
| DNS | Domain Name Service | Communities |
| DOB | Date of Birth | General |
| DOD | Date of Death | Health |
| DoH | Department of Health | Health |
| DoLS | Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards | Adults |
| DOM CARE | Domiciliary Care | Health |
| DPA | Data Protection Act | Core |
| DPIA | Data Protection Impact Assessment | Core |
| DPs | Designated Person (used in Learning Management Service) | Core |
| DR | Disaster Recovery | General |
| DRA | Design and Release Authority | General |
| DRR | Drug Rehabilitation Requirement | Health |
| DS | Discharge Summary | Health |
| DSCN | Data Set Change Notices | Core |
| DSG | Direct Services Grant | General |
| DSP | Data Set Profile | Core |
| DSU | Democratic Services Unit | Core |
| DT | Design Technology | Core |
| DTM | Desk Top Manager | Communities |
| DTO | Departmental Training Officer | Core |
| DTOC | Delayed Transfers Of Care | Adults, Children and Families |
| DTS | Data Transfer Service (NHS staff only) | Health |
| DV | Domestic Violence | Communities |
| DVT | Deep Vein Thrombosis | Health |
| DWP | Department for Work and Pensions | General |
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| E&D | Equality and Diversity | Health |
| E4E | Energise for Excellence | General |
| EAP | Employee Assistance Programme | Core |
| EASS | Equality Advisory and Support Service | General |
| EATA | European Association for the Treatment of Addiction | Health |
| EBacc | English Baccalaureate | Children and Families |
| EBIS | Evidence-Based Implementation Support | General |
| ECAT | Every Child A Talker | Children and Families |
| ECM | Electronic Call Monitoring | Adults |
| ECM | Enterprise Content Management | General |
| ECTMS | Electronic Clinical Transfusion Management System | Health |
| ED | Emergency Department | Health |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange | Communities |
| EDM | Electronic Document Management | Communities |
| EDPSYCHS | Educational Psychologists | Children and Families |
| eDSM | Enhanced Data Sharing Model | Communities |
| EDT | External/Electronic Data Transfer | Communities |
| EEC | Environment, Economy & Culture | General |
| EECT | Ensuring Every Child Thrives | Children and Families |
| EFRACOM | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | General |
| eGIF | Electronic Government Interoperability Framework | Communities |
| Egress Switch | Secure email system | General |
| EHCP | Education, Health And Care Plan | Children and Families |
| EHIC | European Health Insurance Card | Health |
| EHP | Early Headship Provision | Children and Families |
| EHR | Electronic Health Record | Health |
| EIP | Examination in Public | Communities |
| EITS | Essential IT Skills | Communities |
| ELSA | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | Adults |
| EMIS | Egton Medical Information Systems | Health |
| ENDPB | Exectuve non-Departmental Public Body | General |
| EO | Equal Opportunity | General |
| EoL | End of Life | Health |
| EOTAS | Education Other Than At School | Children and Families |
| EPAS | Educational Performance Analysis System | Children and Families |
| EPIP | Entity PACS Implementation Plan | General |
| EPOS | Electronic Purchasing Online System | General |
| EPR | Electronic Patient Record | Health |
| EPRR | Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response | Health |
| EPS | Electronic Prescription Service | Health |
| EQ-CL | Equalities and Classifications (EQ-CL) Framework | General |
| ERG | External Reference Group | General |
| ERIC | Electronic Records of Integrated Care | Adults, Children and Families |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning (integrated management of core business processes) | Core |
| ERS | Early Response Service | Children and Families |
| ESI | Electronically Stored Information | Health |
| ESP | Existing Systems Provider | Communities |
| ESR | Electronic Staff Record | Health |
| ESS | Employee Self Service | Core |
| ESS | Extended Service in Schools | Children and Families |
| ESSC | Emergency Special Service Call | Communities |
| ETD | Education, Training & Development | Children and Families |
| EVG | Employee Voice Group | General |
| EWAs | Enterprise-Wide Arrangements | General |
| EWD | Excess Winter Deaths | Health |
| EWO | Education Welfare Officer | Children and Families |
| EWS | Education Welfare Service | Children and Families |
| EXTEL | The Exchange Telegraph Co. Ltd. | Communities |
| EY&F | Early Years & Families | Children and Families |
| EYFSP | Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (results returned from schools) | Children and Families |
| EYLPs | Early Years Lead Practitioners | Children and Families |
| EYSP | Early Years Strategic Partnership | Children and Families |
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| FACE | Functional Analysis of Care Environment | Adults, Children and Families |
| FAFA | False Alarm Fire Alarm | Communities |
| FAGI | False Alarm Good Intent | Communities |
| FAIR | Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable or reproducible | General |
| FAM | False Alarm Malicious Intent | Communities |
| FBC | Full Business Case | Core |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration | Health |
| FDR1 | Fire Damage Report 1 | Communities |
| FDR1 - PO | Fire Damage Report 1 Property Other | Communities |
| FDR1 - PR | Fire Damage Report 1 Property Residential | Communities |
| FDR1 - VE | Fire Damage Report 1 Vehicle | Communities |
| FDR3 | Fire Damage Report 3 | Communities |
| FE | Further Education | Children and Families |
| FFT | Functional Family Therapy | Children and Families |
| FGC | Family Group Conference | Children and Families |
| FGM | Female Genital Mutilation | Health |
| FHIR | Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources | Health |
| FIPS | Financial Intervention Panel for Schools | Children and Families |
| FITS | Framework for ICT Technical Support | Communities |
| FLA | Forum for Learning & Achievement | Children and Families |
| FNC | Funded Nursing Care | Health |
| FoD | Forest of Dean | General |
| FOI | Freedom of Information (Act) | General |
| FOT | First of type | General |
| FRA | Fire and Rescue Authority | Communities |
| FRI | Front Line Readiness for Implementation | General |
| FRS | Fire and Rescue Service | Communities |
| FSM | Free School Meals | Children and Families |
| FST | Face Screening Tool | Communities |
| FTE | Full-time equivalent | Children and Families |
| FWAF | Flexibility within a Framework | General |
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| G1 | Grade 1 | Communities |
| G2 | Grade 2 | Communities |
| GAD | Generalised Anxiety Disorder | Health |
| GAVCA | Gloucestershire Association for Voluntary & Community Action | Communities |
| GCC | Gloucestershire Country Council or Gloucester City Council | General |
| GCCG | Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group | Health |
| GCP | Gloucestershire Children's Partnership | Health |
| GCPA | Gloucestershire Care Providers Association | Health |
| GCS | Gloucester Care Services | General |
| GCS | Gloucestershire Care Services (NHS) | Health |
| GCSE | General Certificate of Secondary Education | Children and Families |
| GDAS | Gloucestershire Drug and Alcohol Service | Health |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation | Core |
| GEO | Government Equalities Office | General |
| GES | Gloucestershire Economic Strategy | Core |
| GFR | Glomerular Filtration Rate | Health |
| GFRS | Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service | Communities |
| GHNHSFT | Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Health |
| GIPA | Green Impact Project Assistant (GIPA) | General |
| GIS | Geographic Information System | Communities |
| GLA | GL Assessment - Company that prepares and marks CATS | Children and Families |
| GLIC | Gloucestershire Language Immersion Centre | General |
| GLPC | Greater London Provincial Council | General |
| GOLD | Growing Older with Learning Difficulties group | Adults |
| GOPA | Gloucestershire Older Persons Association | Adults |
| GOSS | Gloucestershire/ Oxfordshire Shared Services Partnership |
General |
| GP | General Practitioner | Health |
| GPC | General Practitioners Committee | Health |
| GPES | GP Extraction Service | Health |
| GPPCS | GP Payments Calculation Service | Health |
| GPPUG | GP Pan User Group | Health |
| GPS | Government Procurement Service | General |
| GPSoC | GP Systems of Choice | Health |
| GRCC | Gloucestershire Rural Community Council | Health |
| GS1 | European Article Numbering (EAN) Association - later called GS1 | Health |
| GSCB | Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children's Board | Health |
| GSPPF | Gloucestershire Suicide Prevention Partnership Forum | Health |
| GSS | Government Statistics Service | Core |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface | Communities |
| GUM | Genitourinary Medicine | Health |
| GVA | Gross Value Added | Core |
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| H&S | Health and Safety | Core |
| HALE | Healthy Life Expectancy | Health |
| HAM | Handle Administrator Messages | Communities |
| HCC | Heath Care Commission | Health |
| HCD | Human Centred Design | Communities |
| HCIS | Healthcare Information System | Health |
| HCOSC | Health Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee | Health |
| HCPC | Health Care Professionals Council | Health |
| HDFS | Hadoop Distributed File System | Communities |
| HDU | High Dependency Unit | Health |
| HE | Higher Education | Children and Families |
| HEAT | Health Economic Assessment Tool | Health |
| HEE | Health Education England | Health |
| HES | Hospital Episodes Statistics | Health |
| HHSRS | Housing Health and Safety Rating System | Health |
| HIA | Hardware, Infrastructure and Associated | Communities |
| HIC | Health Informatics Community | Health |
| HINOS | Health Informatics National Occupational Standards | Health |
| HIQS | Health Informatics Quality Scheme | Health |
| HIR | Health Informatics Review | Health |
| HIS | Health Information Service/System | Health |
| HIT | Health Information Network | Health |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus | Health |
| HL7 | Health Level 7 | Health |
| HLA | Housing Land Availability | Communities |
| HLE | Healthy Life Expectancy | Health |
| HLG | Heads Liaison Group | Children and Families |
| HLTA | High Level Teaching Assistant | Children and Families |
| HMCTS | Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Services | Communities |
| HO | Home Office | General |
| HOS | Head of Service | General |
| HOSC | Health and Overview Scrutiny Committee | Health |
| HPA | Health Protection Agency | Health |
| HPSS | Health and Personal Social Services | Health |
| HPV | Human Papilloma Virus | Health |
| HQIP | Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership | Health |
| HR | Human Resources | Core |
| HRC | Household Recycling Centre | Communities |
| HRGs | Healthcare Resource Groups | Health |
| HRJ | Hose Reel Jet | Communities |
| HSCIC | Health & Social Care Information Centre | Adults, Children and Families |
| HSSI | Higher Severity Service Incident | Core |
| HSW | Health, Safety and Welfare | Core |
| HTG | Harnessing Technology Grant | Communities |
| HWB | Health and Wellbeing Board | Health |
| HWE | Healthwatch England | Health |
| HWG | Healthwatch Gloucestershire | Health |
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| I&A | Information and Advice | Health |
| IaaS | Infrastructure-as-a-service | Communities |
| IADL | Instrumental activities of daily living | Adults |
| IAO | Information Asset Owner | General |
| IAPT | Improving Access to Psychological Therapies | Health |
| IAR | Information Asset Register | Core |
| IBS | Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Health |
| ICAS | Independent Complaints Advocacy Service | Adults, Children and Families |
| icbo | Integrated Commissioning for Better Outcomes | Core |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases | Health |
| ICD | Informatics Capability Development | Communities |
| ICF | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health | Health |
| ICO | Information Commissioner's Office | Communities |
| ICP | Integrated Care Pathway | Adults, Children and Families |
| ICS/ICSM | Integrated Care System/Integrated Care System Management | Adults, Children and Families |
| ICT | Integrated Community Teams | Communities |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology | Communities |
| IDACI | Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index | Children and Families |
| IDAOPI | Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index | Adults |
| IDF | Interim Data Feed | Communities |
| IDMP | Identification of Medicinal Products | Health |
| IDTS | Integrated Drug Treatment System in prisons | Health |
| IDU | Injecting Drug User | Health |
| IEP | Individual Education Plan | Children and Families |
| IG | Information Governance | Core |
| IGSoC | Information Governance Statement of Compliance | Health |
| IGT | IG Toolkit | Core |
| IGTT | Information Governance Training Tool | Core |
| IHCAS | Independent Health Complaints Advocacy | Health |
| IHE | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise | Health |
| IHM | Institute of Healthcare Management | Health |
| IHRIM | Institute of Health Record & Information Management | Health |
| IHTSDO | International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation | Health |
| IIP | Investors in People | Core |
| IITT | Institute of IT Training | Communities |
| ILC-UK | International Longevity Centre-UK | Adults |
| ILF | Independent Living Funds | Children and Families |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation | General |
| IM&TDES | Information Management & Technology Direct Enhanced Service | Communities |
| IMCA | Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Service | Health |
| IMD | Index of Multiple Deprivation | Adults, Children and Families |
| IMHA | Independent Mental Health Advocacy | Health |
| IMIA | International Medical Informatics Association | Health |
| IMS | Information Management Service | Core |
| IMSP | Information Management and Strategic Planning | Core |
| INLAWS | Integrated Local Area Workforce Strategies | Core |
| INNS | Interim NHS Numbering System | Health |
| IOM | Integrated Offender Management | Health |
| IPC | Institute of Public Care | Health |
| IPC | Integrated Personal Commissionning | Health |
| IPDS | Individual Personal Development Scheme | Core |
| IQAP | Information Quality Assurance Programme | Core |
| IRIS | Intensive Recovery and Intervention Service (fostering) | Children and Families |
| IRMP | Integrated Risk Management Plan | Core |
| IS | Information System(s) | Communities |
| ISA | Independent Safeguarding Authority | Adults, Children and Families |
| ISB | Information Security Breach | Core |
| ISB | Information Standards Board | Core |
| ISB HaSC | Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care | Health |
| ISCG | Informatics Services Commissioning Group | Core |
| ISIP | Integrated Service Improvement Programme | Core |
| ISMF | Information Security Management Forum | Core |
| ISR | Individual school range - School Teacher Pay & Conditions | Children and Families |
| IST | Integrated Service Team | General |
| ISTC | Independent Sector Treatment Centres | Health |
| ISTCM | IT Service Continuity Management | Communities |
| IT | Information Technology | Communities |
| ITIL | Information Technology Infrastructure Library | Communities |
| ITK | Interoperability Toolkit | General |
| ITN | Invitation To Negotiate | General |
| ITRS | IT Research Services Framework | Communities |
| ITS | Initial Tracing Service | General |
| ITSCM | IT Service Continuity Management | Communities |
| ITT | Invitation to Tender | General |
| ITU | Intensive Therapy Unit | Health |
| IWP | Internet Watch Foundation | Communities |
| IYDS | Integrated Youth Support & Development Service | Children and Families |
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| JAM | Just About Managing | Adults, Children and Families |
| JCF | Joint Consultative Forum (formal communication with Union) | General |
| JCPE | Joint Commissioning Partnership Executive | Communities |
| JE | Job Evaluation | Core |
| JGPITC | Joint GP IT Committee | Health |
| JHSW | Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy | Health |
| JHWS | Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy | Health |
| JI | Joining instructions | General |
| JNC | Joint Negotiating Committee | General |
| Joint Appointments | Appointments involving organisations outside GCC | General |
| JRF | Job Request Form | General |
| JSG | Joint Steering Group | General |
| JSNA | Joint Strategic Needs Assessment | General |
| JTAI | Joint Targeted Area Inspection | Health |
| JUYI | Joining Up Your Information | Health |
| JVC | Joint Venture Company | General |
| JWG | Joint Working Group | Health |
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| K&I | Knowledge and Intelligence | Health |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator | Children and Families |
| KS1 | Key Stage 1 | Children and Families |
| KS2 | Key Stage 2 | Children and Families |
| KS3 | Key Stage 3 | Children and Families |
| KS4 | Key Stage 4 | Children and Families |
| KS5 | Key Stage 5 | Children and Families |
| KSF | Key Skills Framework | Children and Families |
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| L&S | Learning & Schools | Children and Families |
| LA | Local Authority | General |
| LAB | Local Area Bases | Children and Families |
| LAC | Looked after Child/Children | Children and Families |
| LADO | Local Authority Designated Officer | General |
| LAF | Local Admissions Forum | Children and Families |
| LAIT | Local Authority Interactive Tool | Children and Families |
| LAN | Local Area Network | Communities |
| LARIA | Local Area and Research Intelligence Association | General |
| LARs | Large Account Resellers | Core |
| LAT | Local Area Team | Health |
| LCA | Logical Connection Architecture | Communities |
| LCFS | Local Counter Fraud Specialist | Communities |
| LCT | Local Children's Trust | Children and Families |
| LD | Learning Difficulties | Children and Families |
| LD | Learning Disability | Health |
| LDO | Local Development Order | Communities |
| LDP | Learning & Development Partnership | Children and Families |
| LDR | Local Digital Roadmap | Health |
| LEFM | Local Economy Forecasting Model | General |
| LeGSB | Local eGovernment Standards Body | General |
| LEO | Local Engagement Officer | General |
| LEP | Local Enterprise Partnership | General |
| LES | Local Enhanced Service | General |
| LETB | Local Education and Training Board | Health |
| LGA | Local Government Association | General |
| LGBT | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender | General |
| LGE | Local Government Employers | General |
| LGPS | Local Government Pension Scheme | General |
| LHB | Local Health Board | Health |
| LHC | Local Health Community | Health |
| LHM | Local Highways Manager | Communities |
| LHRP | Local Health Resilience Partnership | Health |
| LIMS | Laboratory Information Management Systems | Communities |
| LINk | Local Involvement NetworK | Health |
| LIS | Local Information Service | Core |
| LKIS | Local Knowledge and Intelligence Service (LKIS) | Health |
| LLC | Local Learning Community | Children and Families |
| LLE | Local Leaders in Education | Children and Families |
| LLI | Local Learning Inqiry | Children and Families |
| LLL | Lifelong Learning | Children and Families |
| LMC | Local Medical Committee | Health |
| LMCS | Lead Members for Children's Services | Children and Families |
| LMS | Learning Management System | Core |
| LOA | Local Organisation Administrator | General |
| LOWCOV | Low Coverage | Children and Families |
| LP | Learning Platform | Children and Families |
| LPfIT | London Programme for IT | Communities |
| LPG | Liquid Petroleum Gas | General |
| LPSA | Local Public Service Agreement | General |
| LRF | Local Resilience Forum | Health |
| LSCB | Local Safeguarding Children Board | Children and Families |
| LSD | Local Service Desk | Communities |
| LSHTM | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Health |
| LSOA | Lower Super Output Area | General |
| LSP | Local Strategic Partnership | Health |
| LTC | Long Term Condition | Health |
| LTP | Local Transport Plan | Communities |
| LWAB | Local Workforce Advisory Board | General |
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| MACS | Migration Analysis Cleansing Service | Communities |
| MAIDeN | Multi Agency Information Database for Neighbourhoods | General |
| MAPPA | Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements | Adults, Children and Families |
| MASH | Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub | Adults, Children and Families |
| MAU | Medical Admission Unit | Health |
| MBTI | The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator | Core |
| MCAGG | Mental Capacity Act Governance Group | Health |
| MCP | Multispecialty Community Provider | Health |
| MDTs | Multi-Disciplinary Teams | General |
| MECC | Making Every Contact Count | Health |
| MGN | Managers General Note | General |
| MHARS | Mental Health Acute Response Unit | Health |
| MHDNIN | Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network | Health |
| MHLDDS | Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Dataset | Health |
| MHMDS | Mental Health Minimum Data Set | Health |
| MHNA | Mental Health Needs Analysis | Health |
| MHRA | Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency | Health |
| MHSDS | Mental Health Services Data Set | Health |
| MiR | Making It Real | Adults, Children and Families |
| MIU | Minor Injury Unit | Health |
| MLE | Managed Learning Environment | General |
| MOCS | Making Our Communities Safer | Communities |
| MOEE | Managing Our Environment and Economy | Core |
| MoJ | Ministry of Justice | General |
| MOMO | Mind Of My Own app | Children and families |
| MPIP | Managing Performance Improvement Procedure | Core |
| MPS | Market Position Statement | General |
| MPS | Managed Print service | Core |
| MRS | Multi Resource Scheduling | General |
| MSK | Musculoskeletal | Health |
| MSP | Managing Successful Programmes | Core |
| MSS | Manager Self Service | Core |
| MTC | Meeting the Challenge (corportate cost saving programme) | General |
| MTC2 | Meeting the Challenge 2 (Together we can) | General |
| MTFP | Medium Term Financial Plan | Core |
| MTFS | Medium Term Financial Strategy | Core |
| MTUs | Mobile Training Units | General |
| MWaaS | MiddleWare-as-a-Service | General |
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| N3 | N3 Network | Health |
| N3SP | N3 Service Provider | Communities |
| NA | Not Available | Children and Families |
| NA | Narcotics Anonymous | Health |
| NAA | National Assessment Agency | General |
| NAC | National Addiction Centre | Health |
| NACS | National Administrative Codes Service, now known as ODS (=Organisation Data Service) | Health |
| NAFLD | Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease | Health |
| NAO | National Audit Office | General |
| NAP | National Adaptation Programme | Health |
| NASCIS | National Adult Social Care Intelligence Service | Adults |
| NATMS | National Alcohol Monitoring Service | Health |
| NBO | National Back Office for the Personal Demographic Service | Health |
| NBTC | National Blood Transfusion Committee | Health |
| NC | No Crime | Communities |
| NCAS | National Clinical Assessment Service | Health |
| NCASC | National Children and Adult Services (Conference) | Adults, Children and Families |
| NCER | National Consortium for Examination Results (NCER) | Children and Families |
| NCGC | National Clinical Guideline Centre | Health |
| NCLs | National Clinical Leads | Health |
| NCLSCS | National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services | Children and Families |
| NCMP | National Child Measurement Programme | Children and Families |
| NCRI | National Cancer Research Institute | Health |
| NCVIN | PHE's National Cardiovascular Intelligence Network | Health |
| NDEC | National Drug Evidence Centre | Health |
| NDRI | National Duplicate Registration Initiative | Health |
| NDTMS | National Drug Treatment Monitoring System | Health |
| NE | Not Entered | Children and Families |
| NEA | National Energy Action | Health |
| NEC | Not Elsewhere Classified | General |
| NEET | Not in education, employment or training | Children and Families |
| NEN | National Education Network | Children and Families |
| NeSS | Neighbourhood Statistics | General |
| NEXUS | NEXUS | Children and Families |
| NGDP | National Graduate Development Programme | Core |
| NHAIS | National Health Applications & Infrastructure Services | Health |
| NHS | National Health Service | Health |
| NHS CFH | NHS Connecting for Health | Health |
| NHSCR | NHS Central Register | Health |
| NHSD | NHS Direct | Health |
| NHSE | NHS England | Health |
| NHSG | NHS Gloucestershire | Health |
| NHSLA | NHS Litigation Authority | Health |
| NHSSC | NHS Supply Chain | Health |
| NICA | National Integration Centre and Assurance | General |
| NICE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | Health |
| NICIP | National Interim Clinical Imaging Procedure | Health |
| NIGB | National Information Governance Board | General |
| NIHCE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (formerly NICE) | Health |
| NIHR | National Institute for Health Research | Health |
| NIMM | NHS Infrastructure Maturity Model | Health |
| NISP | National Infrastructure Service Provider | Communities |
| NLE | National Leaders in Education | Adults, Children and Families |
| NLMS | National Learning Management System | Health |
| NLOP | NPfIT (National Programme for IT) Local Ownership Programme | Health |
| NLP | Natural Language Processing | Health |
| NMAS | National Messaging Assurance Service | Health |
| NMDS-SC | National Minimum Data Set for Social Care | Adults, Children and Families |
| NME | North, Midlands and East (Programme for IT) | Communities |
| NMLC | National Laboratory Medicine Catalogue | Health |
| NN4B | NHS Numbers for Babies | Health |
| NNM | Nearest Neighbourhood Model | Adults, Children and Families |
| NOM | New Operating Model | General |
| NOMS | National Offender Management Service | Communities |
| NOR | Number Of Roll - number of pupils in a school | Communities |
| NP | Not Published | Children and families |
| NPfIT | National Programme for Information Technology | Communities |
| NPO | LGA National Programme Office | General |
| NPOG | National Programme Office | General |
| NPSA | National Patient Safety Agency | Health |
| NQB | National Quality Board | Health |
| NRwS | New Relationship with Schools | Children and Families |
| NSCI | National Serious Case Inquiry | Children and Families |
| NSF | National Service Framework | Health |
| NSG | National Stakeholder Group | Health |
| NS-SEC | National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) | General |
| NSTS | NHS Strategic Tracing Service | Health |
| NSWWS | National Severe Weather Warning Service | General |
| NTDA | NHS Trust Development Authority | Health |
| NUG | National User Group | General |
| NVQ | National vocational qualification | Children and Families |
| NWPHO | North West Public Health Observatory | Health |
| NWW | NHS Wide Web | Health |
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| OBC | Outline Business Case | General |
| OBS | Output Based Specification | Communities |
| OCCO | Office of the Chief Clinical Officer | General |
| OCD | Obsessive compulsive disorder | Health |
| OCG | Organised Crime Group | Communities |
| OCSI | Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion | General |
| ODPM | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister | General |
| ODS | Organisation Data Service | Communities |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | General |
| OGD | Other Government Department(s) | General |
| OH | Occupational Health | Core |
| OJEU | Official Journal of the European Union | General |
| OLAP | On-line Analytical Processor | Communities |
| OLM | Oracle Learning Management | Communities |
| OLT | Operational Leadership Team | General |
| ONS | Office for National Statistics | General |
| OOH | Out of hours | General |
| OOO | Out of office | General |
| OPAC | Online Public Access Catalogue | Libraries |
| OPCS | Office for Population Censuses and Surveys Classification of Surgical Operations and Procedures | General |
| OPEX | Operating Expenses | Core |
| ORAM | Organisational Readiness Assurance Model | General |
| OSCHR | Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research | General |
| Osfsted | Office for Standard in Education | Children and families |
| OSMC | Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee | General |
| OT | Occupational Therapy | Core |
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| PA | Persistent Absence | Children and families |
| PaaS | Platform as a Service | Communities |
| PAC | Public Accounts Committee | General |
| PACC | Personalised Alternative Curriculum Centre | Children and families |
| PACS | Primary and Acute Care System | Health |
| PACS | Picture Archiving and Communications System | Communities |
| PALS | Patient Advice and Liaison Service | Health |
| PAM | Patient Activation Measure | Health |
| PANSI | Projecting Adult Needs and Service Information | Adults |
| PAR | Population Attributable Risk | Health |
| PARR | Patients At Risk of Re-Hospitalisation | Health |
| PASA | Purchasing and Supply Agency | General |
| PBC | Practice-Based Commissioning | Communities |
| PBO | Personal Demographics Service National Back Office | General |
| PbR | Payment by Results | General |
| PCD | Personal Confidential Data | General |
| PCIS | Primary Care Information System | Health |
| PCO | Primary Care Organisation | Health |
| PCOS | Polycystic Ovary Syndrome | Health |
| PCT | Primary Care Trust | Health |
| PDA | Pre-Determined Attendance | Communities |
| PDEE | Patient Data Enquiry/Extract | Health |
| PDNA | Physical Disability Needs Analysis | Health |
| PDP | Personal Development Plan | Core |
| PDR | Personal Development Review (appraisal) | Core |
| PDS | Personal Demographics Service | Health |
| PDSA | Plan Do Study Act | Health |
| PDT | Programme Delivery Team | General |
| PDU | Problem Drug User | Health |
| PEP | Personal Education Plan | Children and families |
| PEPPOL | Pan-European Public Procurement Online | General |
| Performance Plus | Corporate system monitoring key performance targets | core |
| PF1 | Private Fostering | Children and families |
| PFCC | Patient and Family Centred Care | Health |
| PFI | Private Finance Initiative | General |
| PH | Public Health | Health |
| PHB | Personal Health Budget | Health |
| PHE | Public Health England | Health |
| PHI | Professionalising Health Informatics | Health |
| PHOF | Public Health Outcomes Framework | Health |
| PHORCaST | Public Health Online Resource for Careers, Skills and Training | Health |
| PI | Performance Indicator | Core |
| PIAG | Patient Information Advisory Group | Health |
| PID | Programme/Project initiation document | Core |
| PID | Person Identifiable Data | General |
| PID | Project Initiation Document | Core |
| PING | Physical Inclusion Network Gloucestershire | Children and families |
| PIP | Public Information Programme | Health |
| PIRU | Policy Innovation Research Unit | Health |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure | Communities |
| PLACE | Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment | Health |
| PLIMS | Pathology Laboratory Information System | Health |
| PMI | Patient Master Index | Health |
| PMIP | Pathology Messaging Implementation Programme | Health |
| PNC | Police National Computer (PNC) | Communities |
| POA | Power of Attorney | Adults |
| PoC | Proof of Concept | General |
| POET | Personal Outcomes Evaluation Tool | Adults, Children and Families |
| POPPI | Projecting Older People Population Information | Adults |
| PPG | Patient Participation Group | Health |
| PPI | Patient and Public Involvement | Health |
| PPM | Pupil Projection Model | Children and families |
| PPMA | Public Sector People Managers Association | General |
| PR | Parental Responsibility | Children and families |
| PrEP | Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP) | Health |
| PRINCE | PRojects In Controlled Environments (IT Project Management for government | Core |
| PRINCE2 | Update of PRINCE for wider use | Core |
| PRISM | LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans) staff community | General |
| PRN | Person Record Number | Children and families |
| PRS | Pupil Referral Service | Children and families |
| PRSSU | Personal Social Services Research Unit | Adults, Children and Families |
| PRU | Pupil Referral Unit | Children and families |
| PSA | Public Service Agreement | General |
| PSED | Public Sector Equality Duty | General |
| PSHE | Personal Social Health Education | Children and families |
| PSIS | Personal Spine Information Service | Health |
| PSN | Public Services Network | General |
| PSS-EX1 | Personal Social Services: Expenditure and Unit Costs return (PSS-EX1) | Adults, Children and families |
| PSSEXE | Personal and Social Services Expenditure | Adults, Children and families |
| PSSRU | Personal Social Services Research Unit | Adults, Children and families |
| PTL | Patient Tracking List | Health |
| PWC | Prevention, wellbeing and Communities | General |
| PWS | Public Weather Service | Health |
| Q&A | Questions and Answers | General |
| QA | Quality Account | Health |
| QDA | Qualitative Data Analysis | General |
| QIPP | Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention | General |
| QMAS | Quality Management and Analysis System | General |
| QOF | Quality Outcome Framework (Assessor Validation Reports) | Health |
| QSG | Quality Surveillance Group | Health |
| QTS | Qualified Teacher Status | Children and families |
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| R&D | Research & Development | General |
| RA | Registration Authority | General |
| RACI | Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed | Adults, Children and families |
| RAG | Red Amber Green | General |
| RAISE | Reporting and Analysis for Improvement through school Self-Evaluation | Children and families |
| RAP | Referrals, Assessments & Packages of Care (Statutory Return) | Adults, Children and families |
| RBAC | Role-Based Access Control | Communities |
| RCGP | Royal College of General Practitioners | Health |
| RCP | Royal College of Physicians | Health |
| RDBMS | Relational Database Management System | Communities |
| RDS | Records Disclosure Service | Core |
| Reablement | Short term intervention to support a service user regain their independence | Adults |
| REABS | Review of Executive, Administrative and Business Support | General |
| RED | Resilience and Emergencies Division (DCLG) | Health |
| RFA | Requirements for Accreditation Scheme | General |
| RFC | Request for change | Communities |
| RFID | Radio Frequency identification | General |
| RNF | Relative Need Formulae | Adults, Children and families |
| RO | Residence order | Children and families |
| ROCR | Review of Central Returns Steering Committee | General |
| Role Profile | Document combining job description and person specification | General |
| ROPA | Record of Processing Activities | General |
| ROTL | Released on Temporary Licence | Health |
| RSI | Repetitive Strain Injury | Health |
| RTC | Road Traffic Collision | Communities |
| RTI | Respiratory Tract Infection | Health |
| RTT | Referral to Treatment | Health |
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| S113 | Joint working agreement/protocol under the 1972 Local Government Act | General |
| SA | Suspected Arson | Communities |
| SAB | Safeguarding Adults Board | Adults |
| SAC | Safeguarding Adults Collection | Adults |
| SACE | Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England | Adults |
| SAD | Seasonal Affective Disorder | Health |
| Safeguarding | Previously called Child Protection/protecting vulnerable adults | Adults, Children and families |
| Safer Recruitment | Recruitment process for posts involving children, young people or vulnerable adults | Adults, Children and families |
| SALT | Short And Long-Term return (new activity report adult social care) | Adults, Children and families |
| SAML | Security Assertion Mark-up Language | Communities |
| SAP | Systems, Applications & Products in data processing | General |
| SAP | Single Assessment Process | Adults, Children and families |
| SAR | Subject Access Request | General |
| SAR | Safeguarding Adults Return | Adults, Children and families |
| SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome | Health |
| SAU | Surgical Admission Unit | Health |
| SCAG | NHS Security and Confidentiality Advisory Group | Health |
| SCAN | Specialist Clinical Addiction Network | Health |
| SCB | Schools Commissioning Board | Children and families |
| SCCAG | Southern Combined Clinical Advisory Group | Health |
| SCG | Strategic Co-ordination Group | Health |
| SCIE | Social Care Institute for Excellence | Health |
| SCITT | School Centred Initial Teacher's Training | Children and families |
| SCOMUG | SCOMIS User Group | Children and families |
| SCR | Summary Care Record | Adults, Children and families |
| Scrutiny | Part of Council's democratic governance process | General |
| SCS | Senior Civil Service | General |
| SDO | Senior Designated Officer | General |
| SDP | School Development Plan | Children and families |
| SDQ | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire | Children and families |
| SDS | Spine Directory Service Bureau Service | General |
| SDS | Self Directed Support | Adults, Children and families |
| SEAL | Social & Emotional Aspects of Learning | Children and families |
| SEAP | Support, Empower, Advocate, Promote | Health |
| SEBD | Social & Emotional Behaviour Development | Adults, Children and families |
| SEEFA | South East England Forum on Ageing | Adults, Children and families |
| SEF | Self Evaluation Forms | Adults, Children and families |
| SEN | Statement of Educational Needs | Children and families |
| SEN | Special educational needs | Children and families |
| SEND | Special Educational Needs and Disabilities | Children and families |
| SEO | Search Engone Optimisation (ensures web pages appear on Google etc) | Communities |
| SEU | Social Exclusion Unit | Children and families |
| SFG | Schools Finance Group | Children and families |
| SFR | Statistical First Release | Children and families |
| SGO | Special Guardianship Order | Children and families |
| SHA | Strategic Health Authority | Health |
| SHE | Safety, Health and Environment | Core |
| SHIP | Shire Hall Information Point | General |
| SHLAA | Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment | Communities |
| SHOT | Serious Hazards of Transfusion | Health |
| SIF | Systems Interoperability Framework | Communities |
| SIMS | Schools Information Management System | Children and families |
| SIO | School Improvement Officer | Children and families |
| SIP | School Improvement Partner | Children and families |
| SIRTs | Service Issues Resolution Team | Communities |
| SIs | Statutory Instruments | General |
| SISU | Special Incident Support Unit | Communities |
| SITREPs | Situation Reports | General |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement | General |
| SLSS | School Leadership Support Service | Children and families |
| SMART | Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely (of goals or objectives) | Core |
| SMCs | Supply Management Confederations | Core |
| SMMGP | Substance Misuse Management in General Practice | Health |
| SMRAP | Supplier Maintenance Release Assurance Procedure | General |
| SMT | Senior Management Team | General |
| SNA | Strategic Needs Analysis | General |
| SNAT | Strategic Needs Analysis Team | General |
| SNOMED CT | Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms | Health |
| SNPP | SubNational Population Projection(s) | General |
| SOC | Strategic Outline Case | General |
| SOC | Serious Organised Crime | Communities |
| SODA | Strategic Organisational Development Adviser | General |
| SOF | Schools Organisation Forum | Children and families |
| SP | Small Percentage | Children and families |
| SP | Supporting People | Adults, Children and families |
| SPA | Single Point of Access | General |
| SPA | Structured Processional Assessment | General |
| SPC | Statistical Process Control | Health |
| SPCA | Single Point of Clinical Access | Health |
| SPF | Sender Policy Framework | Communities |
| SPfIT | Southern Programme for IT | Communities |
| SPN | Safer Practice Notice | Health |
| SPOT | Spend and Outcome Tool | Health |
| SRF | Self Review Framework | Adults, Children and families |
| SRO | Senior Responsible Owner | General |
| SROI | Social Return on Investment | Adults, Children and families |
| SRSHN | South Region Sustainability and Health Network | Health |
| SSD | Systems and Service Delivery | Communities |
| SSRG | Social Services Research Group | Adults, Children and families |
| SSRI | Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor | Health |
| St | Stroud | General |
| STEP | Standards Enforcement in Procurement | Adults, Children and families |
| STEPS | Short-term Emergency Placements Scheme (fostering) | Children and families |
| STI | Sexually Transmitted Infection | Health |
| STP | Sustainability and Transformation Plan | Health |
| STPCD | School Teachers Pay & Conditions Document | Children and families |
| SU | Service User | General |
| SUG | Special User Group | General |
| SUPP | Suppressed | Children and families |
| SUS | Secondary Uses Service | Health |
| SW | Social Worker | Adults, Children and families |
| SWAST | South Western Ambulance Service Trust | Health |
| SWB | Subjective Wellbeing | Health |
| SWCP | South West Coaching Pool | General |
| SWGfL | South West Grid for Learning | General |
| SWISH | South West Information Sharing Hub | General |
| SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opprotunities, Threats | Core |
| SWPHO | South West Public Health Observatory | Health |
| SYOA | Single Year Of Age | Children and families |
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| T&L | Teaching and Learning | Children and families |
| TA | Teaching Agency | Children and families |
| TA | Teaching Assistant | Children and families |
| TAC | Team Around the Child | Children and families |
| TAF | Team Around the Family | Children and families |
| TAG | Technical Advisory Group | General |
| TAMP | Transport Asset Management Plan | Communities |
| TAP | Training Application Performance | Communities |
| TATT | Tired All The Time | Health |
| TB | Tuberculosis | Health |
| TDB | Tracking Database | Communities |
| TERS | Testing Environments and Related Services | Health |
| Tew | Tewkesbury | General |
| Thin Client | Desk top computer | Communities |
| TIA | Transient Ischaemic Attack | Health |
| Timeframe | System to monitor time spent by employees on specific tasks | General |
| TISP | Targeted Intervention in Schools Programme | Children and families |
| TL | Team Leader | General |
| TLAP | Think Local Act Personal | Adults, Children and families |
| TLR | Teaching & Learning Responsibility | Children and families |
| TM | Team Manager | General |
| TMS | Transaction Messaging Service | Communities |
| TOP | Treatment Outcomes Profile | Health |
| ToR | Terms of Reference | Health |
| TRC | Training Resource Centre | Children and families |
| TRO | Traffic Regulation Order | Communities |
| TRUD | Technology Reference Data Update Distribution | Health |
| TSA | Teaching Standards Agency | Children and families |
| TSG | Terminology Steering Group | Health |
| TSS/TSR | Temporary Staff Service/Register | Core |
| TTA | Tablets to Take Away | Health |
| TUO | Tell Us Once | General |
| TUPE | Transfer of undertaking protection of employment regulations | Core |
| TWOC | Taking Without Owner's Consent | General |
| TWR | Two-Week referral | Adults, Children and families |
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| UASC | Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Child / Children | Children and families |
| UBRN | Unique Booking Reference Number | General |
| UC | Universal Credit | Adults, Children and families |
| UCLH | University College London Hospital | Health |
| UICC | International Union against Cancer | Health |
| UKChip | UK Council for Health Informatics Professions | Health |
| UKCRC | UK Clinical Research Collaboration | Health |
| UKTC | UK Terminology Centre | Health |
| UoG | University of Gloucestershire | Children and families |
| UPS | Upper Pay Scale | Core |
| URL | Website Address (Uniform Resource Locator) | Communities |
| URN | Unique Reference Number | Children and families |
| URP | User Role Profile | Communities |
| UTC | University Technical College | Children and families |
| UTMG | Unattached Teachers Management Group | Children and families |
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| VA | Value added | Children and families |
| VAWG | Violence against women and girls | Communities |
| VC | Video Conferencing | Communities |
| VCS | Voluntary and Community Sector | Communities |
| VDI | Virtualised Desktop Infrastructure | Communities |
| VERTO | Corporate system for managing projects / programmes | Core |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network | General |
| VIP | Voluntary, Independent and private (sector) | General |
| VLE | Virtual Learning Environment | Communities |
| VoIP | Voice over internet protocol technology | Communities |
| VR | Voluntary Redundancy | Communities |
| VR/VER | Voluntary redundancy/Voluntary Early Retirement | Core |
| VRQ | Vocationally related qualification | Children and families |
| VSM | Very Senior Manager | General |
| VSNAG | Voluntary Sector National Advisory Group | Communities |
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| WAH | Working at home | General |
| WAN | Wide Area Network | Communities |
| WCPP | World Class Primary Programme | Children and families |
| WDR | Learning Management System providers | Core |
| WECR | We Care and Repair | General |
| WEMWBS | The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) | General |
| WFH | Work From Home | General |
| WHHP | Warm Homes Healthy People | Health |
| WPLS | Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study | General |
| WRES | Workforce Race Equality Standard | Health |
| WTE | Whole Time Equivalent | General |
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| XML | Extensible Markup Language | Communities |
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| YEN | Young Employees Network | General |
| YJB | The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales | Communities |
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| ZBR | Zero Based Review | Adults, Children and families |