Jargon buster
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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 |
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