Watch Appeals Board - Monday 11 May 2026 10.00 am
Glossary / acronym list
| Acronym | Meaning |
| 121A | Police referral form 121A (recording reported incidents involving children including domestic violence) |
| 2GT / 2GNHSFT | 2gether NHS Foundation Trust |
| 2WW | 2 week wait |
| 6CS | Compassion In Practice – Care; Compassion; Competence; Communication; Courage; Commitment |
| A/AS | A level and Advanced Subsidiary |
| A&E | Accident and emergency |
| A2YO | Achieving 2 Year Olds |
| AA | Administering Authority |
| AA | Alcoholics Anonymous |
| ABCD | Adult Based Community Development |
| ABHB | Aneurin Bevan Health Board |
| ABHI | Association of British Healthcare Industries |
| ABP | Annual Business Plan |
| ACCT | Assessment, Care in Custody and Treatment |
| ACE | Adverse Childhood Experience |
| ACET | Adult Continuing Education and Training |
| ACFA | Access Control Framework Access |
| ACMD | Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs |
| ACORN | A Classification Of Residential Neighbourhoods |
| ADASS | Association of Directors of Adult Social Services |
| ADCS | Association of Directors of Children's Services |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| ADT | Admissions, discharges and transfers |
| ADVA | Against Domestic Violence Abuse |
| AEC | Ambulatory Emergency Care |
| AEN | Additional Educational Need (includes SEN) |
| AFA - G1 | Automatic Fire Alarm Activation Grade 1 (High risk premises) |
| AFA - G2 | Automatic Fire Alarm Activation Grade 2 (Low risk premises) |
| AFL | Assessment For Learning |
| AHP | Allied Health Professional |
| AHSN | Academic Health Science Network |
| AIS | Accessible Information Standard |
| AL | Annual Leave |
| ALB | Arms Length Bodies |
| ALB | Adoption Leadership Board |
| ALP | Aerial Ladder Platform |
| ALT | Assisted Living Technology |
| AMD | Age related Macular Degeneration |
| AMHP | Approved Mental Health Practitioner |
| AMPS | Asset Management and Property Services |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AO | Accountable Officer (Clinical Commissioning Group) |
| AoMRC | Academy of Medical Royal College |
| AONB | Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
| AOT | Assisted Outpatient Treatment |
| APHO | Association of Public Health Observatories |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APM | Association for Project Management |
| APP | Assessing Pupil Progress |
| APR | Approval Process for Recruitment |
| AQP | Any Qualified Provider |
| ARA | Addiction Recovery Agency |
| ASC | Adult Social Care (Gloucestershire County Council) |
| ASC | Adult Social Care |
| ASC-CAR | Adult Social Care Combined Activity Return |
| ASC-FR | Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) |
| ASCC | Additional Supply Capability and Capacity |
| ASCOF | Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework |
| ASCS | Adult Social Care Survey |
| ASG | Accredited Schools Group |
| ASMT | Administrative Systems Management Team |
| ASP | Adult Single Programme |
| ASP | Application Service Provider |
| AST | Advanced Skills Teacher |
| ASYE | Assisted & Supported year of employment (newly qualified social workers probationary period ) |
| ATC | Achievement Through Collaboration |
| ATP | Authority to Proceed |
| ATS | Applicant Tracking System (recruitment) |
| AUP | Acceptable Use Policy |
| AVA | Abuse of Vulnerable Adults |
| AWP | Any Willing Provider |
| B&NES | Bath and North East Somerset |
| B2B | Business to Business (commercial transactions between businesses) |
| BA | Breathing Apparatus |
| BAME | Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic |
| BAU | Business As Usual |
| BAUS | British Association of Urological Surgeons |
| BBL | Building Better Lives |
| BBV | Blood Borne Virus |
| BC | Business Continuity |
| BCDR | Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery |
| BCF | Better Care Fund |
| BCM | Business Continuity Management |
| BCP | Business Continuity Plan |
| BCS | British Computer Society |
| BECTA | British Educational Communications & Technology Agency |
| BEER | Behaviour, Effect, Explanation, Results (for reviews) |
| BESD | Behavioural Emotional & Social Difficulties |
| BGSW | Bath, Gloucester, Swindon, Wiltshire Local Area Team (LAT) |
| BICA | Background Information Contact Assessment |
| BILD | British Institute of Learning Disabilities |
| BIRT | Business Intellingence Report task |
| BIS | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills |
| BIT | Behavioural Insight Team |
| BKM | Bundle Key Milestone |
| BMA | British Medical Association |
| BMD | Births, Marriages & Deaths |
| BME | Black and Minority Ethnic |
| BMW | Biodegradeable Municipal Waste |
| BNP | Brain Natriuretic Peptide |
| BOSCARDET | Background, Objectives, Scope, Constraints, Assumptions, Reporting, Dependencies, Estimates, Timescales |
| BP | Business Partner |
| BPPC | Better Payment Practice Code |
| BSC | Business Service Centre (payroll, supplier payments & income) |
| BSF | Building Schools for the Future |
| BTEC | Buisiness and Technology Education Council |
| BURISA | Board of the British Urban and Regional Information Systems Association |
| BV | Best Value |
| BVPI | Best Value Performance Indicator |
| BVPP | Best Value Performance Plan |
| BYOD | Bring Your Own Device |
| C | Chimney |
| C-PAC | Commissioning Personalisation for Adults and Children |
| C.diff | Clostridium Difficile |
| C&I | Communities and Infrastructure |
| CAAS | Clinical Advice And Assessment Service |
| CAB | Commercial Assurance Board |
| CAB | Change Advisory Board |
| CAB/C&B | Choose and Book |
| CACD | Community & Adult Care Directorate (historical term) |
| CACI | Consolidated Analysis Centres Incorporated |
| CAF | Common Assessment Framework |
| CAIRB | Communication And Interaction Resource Base |
| CallCH | Call Challenge |
| CALS | Clinical Advice And Liaison Service |
| CAMHS | Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services |
| CAO | Child Arrangements Order |
| CAP | Common Assurance Process |
| CAPEX | Capital Expenditures |
| CAQDAS | Computer Assisted Qualitative Data AnalysiS |
| CARAT | Counselling, Assessment Referral Advice and Throughcare |
| CASSRs | Councils with Adult Social Service Responsibilities |
| CAT | Cognative Ability Test |
| CBA | Criteria Based Access |
| CBS | Community Based Service |
| CBT | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy |
| CCA | Civil Contingencies Act 2004 |
| CCAD | Central Cardiac Audit Database |
| CCE | Communications and Community Engagement |
| CCG | Clinical Commissioning Gloucestershire |
| CCG | Clinical Commissioning Group |
| CCN | Change Control Notice |
| CCP | County Community Projects |
| CCS | Civil Contingencies Secretariat |
| CCSQ | Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly |
| CCU | Critical Care Unit |
| CDA | Clinical Document Architecture |
| CDAs | Clinical Group Delegated Authorities |
| CDBs | Commissioning & Development Boards |
| CDRP | Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships |
| CDS | Commissioning Data Set |
| CDU | Clinical Decision Unit |
| CEFM | Child, Early and Forced Marriage |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CEOP | Child Exploitation and Online Protection |
| CFH/CfH | Connecting for Health: please note, this should only ever be NHS CFH please |
| CFOA | Chief Fire Officers Association |
| CFR | Community First Responders |
| CFS | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
| CG | Caldicott Guardian |
| CGH | Cheltenham General Hospital |
| CGL | Change Grow Live |
| CHAI | Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection |
| CHC | Continuing Health Care |
| CHD | Coronary Heart Disease |
| CHDG | Community Hospitals Development Group |
| CHES | Care Home Enhanced Service |
| CHIMAT | Child and Maternal Health Intelligence Network |
| CHR | Centre for Housing Research |
| CHRIS | Central Health Register Inquiry System |
| CiC | Children (or Child) in Care |
| CIGG | Countywide Information Governance Group |
| CILIP | Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals |
| CIN | Children In Need (Statutory Return) |
| CIO | Community Interest Organisations |
| CIPFA | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting |
| CIPFAstats | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting statistics |
| CIPOLD | Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities |
| CIS | Central Issue System |
| CIT | Clinical Information Technology |
| CJD | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
| CJIT | Criminal Justice Integrated Teams |
| CLA | Children Looked After |
| CLO | Client Liaison Officer |
| CMASG | Clinical Messaging Architecture Steering Group |
| CME | Child Missing Education |
| CMHT | Community Mental Health Team |
| CMS | Content Management System |
| CMT | Controlled Medical Terminology |
| CNN | CIPFA Nearest Neighbour |
| Co | Cotswold |
| CO | Cabinet Office |
| COA | Census Output Area |
| COF | Commissioning Outcomes Framework |
| COI | Central Office of Information |
| Comms | Communications |
| CoMT | Corporate Management Team |
| ContrOCC | Contr Oxford Computer Systems |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CP | Child Protection |
| CP | Clinical Pharmacist |
| CPA | Comprehensive Performance Assessment |
| CPA | Care Programme Approach |
| CPA | Clinical Programme Approach |
| CPAP | Continuous Positive Air Pressure |
| CPB | Clinical Programme Board |
| CPD | Continuing Professional Development |
| CPG | Clinical Programme Group |
| CPR | Child Protection Register |
| CPRD | Clinical Practice Research Datalink |
| CQC | Care Quality Commission |
| CQRG | Clinical Quality Review Group (GCCG) |
| CQRS | Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) |
| CQRS | Clinical Quality Review Service |
| CQUIN | Commissioning for Quality and Innovation |
| CQUIN FRAMEWORK | Clinical Quality Improvement: The CQUIN payment framework enables commissioners to reward excellence by linking a proportion of English healthcare providers’ income to the achievement of local quality improvement goals |
| CR | Cellular Radio |
| CR | Compulsory Redundancy |
| CRB | Criminal Records Bureau |
| CRDB | Care Record Development Board |
| CRG | Clinical Reference Group |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management (system) |
| CSA | Care Support Alliance |
| CSC | Computer Sciences Corporation |
| CSCP | Community Services Commissioning Plan |
| CSET | County Special Education Team |
| CSEW | Crime Survey for England and Wales |
| CSIPs | Continuous Service Improvement Plans |
| CSO | Customer Service Officer |
| CSP | Community Safety Partnership |
| CSP | Chartered Society of Physiotherapy |
| CSRI | Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI) |
| CSS | Children's Support Services (Capita Module) |
| CSSRs | Councils with Social Services Responsibilities |
| CSU | Commissioning Support Unit |
| CTD | Corporate Training and Development |
| CTP | Community Third Party |
| CTPC | Children's Trust Partnership Council |
| CTSB | Children's Trust Statutory Board |
| CUI | Common User Interface |
| CVD | Cardio Vascular Disease |
| CWDC | Children's Workforce Development Council |
| CWP | Cold Weather Plan |
| CX | Customer Experience |
| CYP | Children and Young People |
| CYPD | Children and Young People's Directorate |
| CYPS | Children & Young Peoples' Service |
| D&BS | Disclosure and Barring Service |
| DA | Delegated Authority |
| DA | Design Authority |
| DAAT | Drug and Alcohol Action Team |
| DAMS | Drug and Alcohol Monitoring System |
| DASS | Director of Adult Services |
| DAT | Drug Action Team |
| DCLG | Department for Communities and Local Government |
| DCS | Directors of Children's Services |
| DCSF | Department for Children Schools and Families (now replaced by Department for Education) |
| DCW | Data Collection Worksheet |
| DDM | Design Decision Matrix |
| DDN | Dangerous Drug Network |
| DE | Driving Excellence |
| DECC | Department of Energy & Climate Change |
| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs |
| DEN | Delay Event Notice |
| DEPLO | District Emergency Planning Liaison Officer |
| DepMAC | Deployment Milestone Achievement Certificate |
| DES | Directed Enhanced Service |
| DET | Data Entry Tool |
| DevMAC | Development Milestone Achievement Certificate |
| DfE | Department for Education |
| DH | Department of Health |
| DH ERD | Department of Health External Relations Directorate |
| DHID/NHS CFH | Department of Health Informatics Directorate including NHS Connecting for Health |
| DHSC | Department of Health and Social Care |
| DIP | Digital Information Policy Team |
| DIP | Drug Interventions Programme |
| DIR | Drug Interventions Record |
| DKM | Deployment Key Milestone |
| dm+d | Dictionary of Medicines & Devices |
| DME | Data Management Environment |
| DMFT | Decayed, Missing Filled Tooth |
| DMIC | Data Management Integration Centre |
| DMS | Defence Medical Services |
| DMT | Departmental Management Team |
| DNA | Did not attend |
| DNR | Do not resuscitate |
| DNS | Domain Name Service |
| DOB | Date of Birth |
| DOD | Date of Death |
| DoH | Department of Health |
| DoLS | Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards |
| DOM CARE | Domiciliary Care |
| DOS | Directory of Services |
| DPA | Data Protection Act 2018 |
| DPB | Diagnostics Programme Board |
| DPIA | Data Protection Impact Assessment |
| DPs | Designated Person (used in Learning Management Service) |
| DR | Disaster Recovery |
| DRA | Design and Release Authority |
| DRR | Drug Rehabilitation Requirement |
| DS | Discharge Summary |
| DSCN | Data Set Change Notices |
| DSG | Direct Services Grant |
| DSP | Data Set Profile |
| DSU | Democratic Services Unit |
| DT | Design Technology |
| DTM | Desk Top Manager |
| DTO | Departmental Training Officer |
| DTOC | Delayed Transfers Of Care |
| DTS | Data Transfer Service (NHS staff only) |
| DV | Domestic Violence |
| DVT | Deep Vein Thrombosis |
| DWP | Department for Work and Pensions |
| E&D | Equality and Diversity |
| E4E | Energise for Excellence |
| EAP | Employee Assistance Programme |
| EASS | Equality Advisory and Support Service |
| EATA | European Association for the Treatment of Addiction |
| EBacc | English Baccalaureate |
| EBIS | Evidence-Based Implementation Support |
| ECAT | Every Child A Talker |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| ECM | Electronic Call Monitoring |
| ECM | Enterprise Content Management |
| ECTMS | Electronic Clinical Transfusion Management System |
| ED | Emergency Department |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDM | Electronic Document Management |
| EDPSYCHS | Educational Psychologists |
| EDS2 | Equality Delivery System |
| eDSM | Enhanced Data Sharing Model |
| EDT | Emergency Duty Team (GCC out of hours social care/ safeguarding) |
| EDT | External/Electronic Data Transfer |
| EEC | Environment, Economy & Culture |
| EECT | Ensuring Every Child Thrives |
| EFRACOM | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee |
| eGIF | Electronic Government Interoperability Framework |
| Egress Switch | Secure email system |
| EHCP | Education, Health And Care Plan |
| EHIC | European Health Insurance Card |
| EHP | Early Headship Provision |
| EHR | Electronic Health Record |
| EIA | Equality Impact Analysis |
| EIP | Examination in Public |
| EITS | Essential IT Skills |
| ELSA | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing |
| EMIS | Egton Medical Information Systems |
| ENDPB | Exectuve non-Departmental Public Body |
| ENT | Ear Nose and Throat |
| EO | Equal Opportunity |
| EoL | End of Life |
| EOTAS | Education Other Than At School |
| EPAS | Educational Performance Analysis System |
| EPIP | Entity PACS Implementation Plan |
| EPOS | Electronic Purchasing Online System |
| EPR | Electronic Patient Record |
| EPRR | Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response |
| EPS | Electronic Prescription Service |
| EPT | Emergency Planning Team (Gloucestershire County Council) |
| EPTDO | Emergency Planning Team Duty Officer |
| EQ-CL | Equalities and Classifications (EQ-CL) Framework |
| ERG | External Reference Group |
| ERIC | Electronic Records of Integrated Care |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning (integrated management of core business processes) |
| ERS | Early Response Service |
| ESC | Employment Services Contacts |
| ESI | Electronically Stored Information |
| ESP | Existing Systems Provider |
| ESR | Electronic Staff Record |
| ESS | Employee Self Service |
| ESS | Extended Service in Schools |
| ESSC | Emergency Special Service Call |
| ETD | Education, Training & Development |
| EVG | Employee Voice Group |
| EWAs | Enterprise-Wide Arrangements |
| EWD | Excess Winter Deaths |
| EWO | Education Welfare Officer |
| EWS | Education Welfare Service |
| EXTEL | The Exchange Telegraph Co. Ltd. |
| EY&F | Early Years & Families |
| EYFSP | Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (results returned from schools) |
| EYLPs | Early Years Lead Practitioners |
| EYSP | Early Years Strategic Partnership |
| FACE | Functional Analysis of Care Environment |
| FAFA | False Alarm Fire Alarm |
| FAGI | False Alarm Good Intent |
| FAIR | Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable or reproducible |
| FAM | False Alarm Malicious Intent |
| FAS | Foetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| FBC | Full Business Case |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FDR1 | Fire Damage Report 1 |
| FDR1 - PO | Fire Damage Report 1 Property Other |
| FDR1 - PR | Fire Damage Report 1 Property Residential |
| FDR1 - VE | Fire Damage Report 1 Vehicle |
| FDR3 | Fire Damage Report 3 |
| FE | Further Education |
| FFT | Functional Family Therapy |
| FGC | Family Group Conference |
| FGM | Female Genital Mutilation |
| FHIR | Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources |
| FIPS | Financial Intervention Panel for Schools |
| FITS | Framework for ICT Technical Support |
| FLA | Forum for Learning & Achievement |
| FNC | Funded Nursing Care |
| FoD | Forest of Dean |
| FOI | Freedom of Information (Act) |
| FOT | First of type |
| FRA | Fire and Rescue Authority |
| FRI | Front Line Readiness for Implementation |
| FRS | Fire and Rescue Service |
| FSM | Free School Meals |
| FST | Face Screening Tool |
| FTE | Full-time equivalent |
| FWAF | Flexibility within a Framework |
| G1 | Grade 1 |
| G2 | Grade 2 |
| GAD | Generalised Anxiety Disorder |
| GAVCA | Gloucestershire Association for Voluntary & Community Action |
| GCare | Online Symptom/referral pathways resource for Gloucestershire GPs |
| GCC | Gloucestershire Country Council or Gloucester City Council |
| GCCG | Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group |
| GCCG | Gloucestershire Care Commissioning Group |
| GCH | Gloucester City Health |
| GCP | Gloucestershire Children's Partnership |
| GCPA | Gloucestershire Care Providers Association |
| GCS | Gloucester Care Services |
| GCS | Gloucestershire Care Services (NHS) |
| GCSE | General Certificate of Secondary Education |
| GCSNHST / GCS | Gloucestershire Care Service NHS Trust |
| GDAS | Gloucestershire Drug and Alcohol Service |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| GEO | Government Equalities Office |
| GES | Gloucestershire Economic Strategy |
| GFR | Glomerular Filtration Rate |
| GFRS | Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service |
| GHAC | Gloucester Health Access Centre |
| GHC | Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| GHCNHSFT | [From 01/10/2019] Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| GHNHSFT | Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| GHNHSFT /GHT | Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| GI | Gastro-intestinal |
| GIPA | Green Impact Project Assistant (GIPA) |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GLA | GL Assessment - Company that prepares and marks CATS |
| GLIC | Gloucestershire Language Immersion Centre |
| GLPC | Greater London Provincial Council |
| GLRF | Gloucestershire Local Resilience Forum |
| GOLD | Growing Older with Learning Difficulties group |
| GOPA | Gloucestershire Older Persons Association |
| GOSS | Gloucestershire / Oxfordshire Shared Services Partnership |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| GPC | General Practitioners Committee |
| GPES | GP Extraction Service |
| GPPCS | GP Payments Calculation Service |
| GPPUG | GP Pan User Group |
| GPS | Government Procurement Service |
| GPSoC | GP Systems of Choice |
| GRCC | Gloucestershire Rural Community Council |
| GRH | Gloucestershire Royal Hospital |
| GS1 | European Article Numbering (EAN) Association - later called GS1 |
| GSCB | Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children's Board |
| GSF | Gloucestershire Strategic Forum |
| GSPPF | Gloucestershire Suicide Prevention Partnership Forum |
| GSS | Government Statistics Service |
| GTEC | Gloucestershire Tri-Service Emergency Centre (Waterwells Business Park) |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| GUM | Genitourinary Medicine |
| GVA | Gross Value Added |
| GYC | Gloucestershire Young Carers |
| H&S | Health and Safety |
| HALE | Healthy Life Expectancy |
| HAM | Handle Administrator Messages |
| HCAIs | Health Care Acquired Infections |
| HCC | Heath Care Commission |
| HCD | Human Centred Design |
| HCIS | Healthcare Information System |
| HCOSC | Health And Care Overview And Scrutiny Committee |
| HCPC | Health Care Professionals Council |
| HDFS | Hadoop Distributed File System |
| HDU | High Dependency Unit |
| HE | Higher Education |
| HEAT | Health Economic Assessment Tool |
| HEE | Health Education England |
| HES | Hospital Episodes Statistics |
| HHSRS | Housing Health and Safety Rating System |
| HIA | Hardware, Infrastructure and Associated |
| HIC | Health Informatics Community |
| HINOS | Health Informatics National Occupational Standards |
| HIP | Healthy Individuals Programme |
| HIQS | Health Informatics Quality Scheme |
| HIR | Health Informatics Review |
| HIS | Health Information Service/System |
| HIT | Health Information Network |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HL7 | Health Level 7 |
| HLA | Housing Land Availability |
| HLE | Healthy Life Expectancy |
| HLG | Heads Liaison Group |
| HLTA | High Level Teaching Assistant |
| HMCTS | Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Services |
| HO | Home Office |
| HOS | Head of Service |
| HOSC | Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee |
| HPA | Health Protection Agency |
| HPSS | Health and Personal Social Services |
| HPV | Human Papilloma Virus |
| HQIP | Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership |
| HR | Human Resources |
| HRC | Household Recycling Centre |
| HRGs | Healthcare Resource Groups |
| HRJ | Hose Reel Jet |
| HSCIC | Health & Social Care Information Centre |
| HSSI | Higher Severity Service Incident |
| HSW | Health, Safety and Welfare |
| HTG | Harnessing Technology Grant |
| HWB | Health and Wellbeing Board |
| HWE | Healthwatch England |
| HWG | Healthwatch Gloucestershire |
| I&A | Information and Advice |
| IAA | Information Asset Administrators |
| IaaS | Infrastructure-as-a-service |
| IADL | Instrumental activities of daily living |
| IAO | Information Asset Owners |
| IAPT | Improving Access to Psychological Therapies |
| IAR | Information Asset Register |
| IBS | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| ICAS | Independent Complaints Advocacy Service |
| ICB | Integrated Care Board (NHS) |
| icbo | Integrated Commissioning for Better Outcomes |
| ICC | Incident Coordination Centre (NHS) |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| ICD | Informatics Capability Development |
| ICF | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health |
| ICO | Information Commissioner's Office |
| ICP | Integrated Care Pathway |
| ICS | Integrated Care System |
| ICS | Integrated Care Service |
| ICS/ICSM | Integrated Care System/Integrated Care System Management |
| ICSDB | ICS Delivery Board |
| ICT | Integrated Community Teams |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| IDACI | Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index |
| IDAOPI | Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index |
| IDF | Interim Data Feed |
| IDMP | Identification of Medicinal Products |
| IDT | Integrated Discharge Team |
| IDTS | Integrated Drug Treatment System in prisons |
| IDU | Injecting Drug User |
| IEP | Individual Education Plan |
| IFR | Individual Funding Review |
| IG | Information Governance |
| IGSoC | Information Governance Statement of Compliance |
| IGT | IG Toolkit |
| IGTT | Information Governance Training Tool |
| IHCAS | Independent Health Complaints Advocacy |
| IHE | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise |
| IHM | Institute of Healthcare Management |
| IHRIM | Institute of Health Record & Information Management |
| IHTSDO | International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation |
| IIP | Investors in People |
| IITT | Institute of IT Training |
| ILB | Integrated Locality Board |
| ILC-UK | International Longevity Centre-UK |
| ILF | Independent Living Funds |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| ILP | Integrated Locality Partnership |
| IM&TDES | Information Management & Technology Direct Enhanced Service |
| IMCA | Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Service |
| IMD | Index of Multiple Deprivation |
| IMHA | Independent Mental Health Advocacy |
| IMIA | International Medical Informatics Association |
| IMS | Information Management Service |
| IMSP | Information Management and Strategic Planning |
| INLAWS | Integrated Local Area Workforce Strategies |
| INNF | Interventions Not Normally Funded |
| INNS | Interim NHS Numbering System |
| IOM | Integrated Offender Management |
| IPC | Institute of Public Care |
| IPC | Integrated Personal Commissioning |
| IPDS | Individual Personal Development Scheme |
| IQAP | Information Quality Assurance Programme |
| IRIS | Intensive Recovery and Intervention Service (fostering) |
| IRMP | Integrated Risk Management Plan |
| IS | Information System(s) |
| ISA | Independent Safeguarding Authority |
| ISB | Information Security Breach |
| ISB | Information Standards Board |
| ISB HaSC | Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care |
| ISCG | Informatics Services Commissioning Group |
| ISIP | Integrated Service Improvement Programme |
| ISMF | Information Security Management Forum |
| ISO | Information Support Officer |
| ISR | Individual school range - School Teacher Pay & Conditions |
| IST | Integrated Service Team |
| IST | Intensive Support Team |
| ISTC | Independent Sector Treatment Centre |
| ISTCM | IT Service Continuity Management |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITIL | Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
| ITK | Interoperability Toolkit |
| ITN | Invitation To Negotiate |
| ITRS | IT Research Services Framework |
| ITS | Initial Tracing Service |
| ITSCM | IT Service Continuity Management |
| ITT | Invitation to Tender |
| ITU | Intensive Therapy Unit |
| IWP | Internet Watch Foundation |
| IYDS | Integrated Youth Support & Development Service |
| JAM | Just About Managing |
| JCF | Joint Consultative Forum (formal communication with Union) |
| JCPE | Joint Commissioning Partnership Executive |
| JDM | Joint Decision Model (JESIP) |
| JE | Job Evaluation |
| JESIP | Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (NB all agencies) |
| JGPITC | Joint GP IT Committee |
| JHSW | Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy |
| JHWS | Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy |
| JI | Joining instructions |
| JNC | Joint Negotiating Committee |
| JRF | Job Request Form |
| JSG | Joint Steering Group |
| JSNA | Joint Strategic Needs Assessment |
| JTAI | Joint Targeted Area Inspection |
| JUYI | Joining Up Your Information |
| JVC | Joint Venture Company |
| JWG | Joint Working Group |
| K&I | Knowledge and Intelligence |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| KS1 | Key Stage 1 |
| KS2 | Key Stage 2 |
| KS3 | Key Stage 3 |
| KS4 | Key Stage 4 |
| KS5 | Key Stage 5 |
| KSF | Key Skills Framework |
| L&S | Learning & Schools |
| LA | Local Authority |
| LAB | Local Area Bases |
| LAC | Looked after Child/Children |
| LADO | Local Authority Designated Officer |
| LAF | Local Admissions Forum |
| LAIT | Local Authority Interactive Tool |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LARIA | Local Area and Research Intelligence Association |
| LARs | Large Account Resellers |
| LAT | Local Area Team |
| LCA | Logical Connection Architecture |
| LCFS | Local Counter Fraud Specialist |
| LCT | Local Children's Trust |
| LD | Learning Difficulties |
| LD | Learning Disability |
| LDISS | Learning Disability Intensive Support Service |
| LDO | Local Development Order |
| LDP | Learning & Development Partnership |
| LDR | Local Digital Roadmap |
| LEFM | Local Economy Forecasting Model |
| LeGSB | Local eGovernment Standards Body |
| LEO | Local Engagement Officer |
| LEP | Local Enterprise Partnership |
| LES | Local Enhanced Service |
| LETB | Local Education and Training Board |
| LGA | Local Government Association |
| LGBT | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender |
| LGE | Local Government Employers |
| LGPS | Local Government Pension Scheme |
| LHB | Local Health Board |
| LHC | Local Health Community |
| LHM | Local Highways Manager |
| LHRP | Local Health Resilience Partnership |
| LIMS | Laboratory Information Management Systems |
| LINk | Local Involvement NetworK |
| LIS | Local Information Service |
| LKIS | Local Knowledge and Intelligence Service (LKIS) |
| LLC | Local Learning Community |
| LLE | Local Leaders in Education |
| LLI | Local Learning Inqiry |
| LLL | Lifelong Learning |
| LMC | Local Medical Committee |
| LMCS | Lead Members for Children's Services |
| LMS | Learning Management System |
| LOA | Local Organisation Administrator |
| LOWCOV | Low Coverage |
| LP | Learning Platform |
| LPfIT | London Programme for IT |
| LPG | Liquid Petroleum Gas |
| LPSA | Local Public Service Agreement |
| LRF | Local Resilience Forum |
| LSCB | Local Safeguarding Children Board |
| LSD | Local Service Desk |
| LSHTM | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| LSOA | Lower Super Output Area |
| LSP | Local Strategic Partnership |
| LTC | Long Term Condition |
| LTP | Local Transport Plan |
| LWAB | Local Workforce Advisory Board |
| LWTC | Living Well Taking Control |
| LWWP | Living Well With Pain |
| MACS | Migration Analysis Cleansing Service |
| MAIC | Multi-Agency Information Cell |
| MAIDeN | Multi Agency Information Database for Neighbourhoods |
| MAPPA | Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements |
| MASH | Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub |
| MAU | Medical Admission Unit |
| MBTI | The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator |
| MCAGG | Mental Capacity Act Governance Group |
| MCP | Multispecialty Community Provider |
| MDM | Multi Disciplinary Meeting |
| MDT | Multi-Disciplinary Team |
| MDTs | Multi-Disciplinary Teams |
| MECC | Making Every Contact Count |
| MGN | Managers General Note |
| MHARS | Mental Health Acute Response Unit |
| MHDNIN | Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network |
| MHLDDS | Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Dataset |
| MHMDS | Mental Health Minimum Data Set |
| MHNA | Mental Health Needs Analysis |
| MHRA | Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency |
| MHSDS | Mental Health Services Data Set |
| MIIU | Minor Injury and Illness Unit |
| MiR | Making It Real |
| MIU | Minor Injury Unit |
| MLE | Managed Learning Environment |
| MOCH | Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes |
| MOCS | Making Our Communities Safer |
| MOEE | Managing Our Environment and Economy |
| MoJ | Ministry of Justice |
| MOMO | Mind Of My Own app |
| MOU | Memorandum Of Understanding |
| MPIP | Managing Performance Improvement Procedure |
| MPS | Market Position Statement |
| MPS | Managed Print service |
| MRS | Multi Resource Scheduling |
| MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| MSK | Musculoskeletal |
| MSP | Managing Successful Programmes |
| MSS | Manager Self Service |
| MTC | Meeting the Challenge (corportate cost saving programme) |
| MTC2 | Meeting the Challenge 2 (Together we can) |
| MTFP | Medium Term Financial Plan |
| MTFS | Medium Term Financial Strategy |
| MTUs | Mobile Training Units |
| MWaaS | MiddleWare-as-a-Service |
| N3 | N3 Network |
| N3SP | N3 Service Provider |
| NA | Not Available |
| NA | Narcotics Anonymous |
| NAA | National Assessment Agency |
| NAC | National Addiction Centre |
| NACS | National Administrative Codes Service, now known as ODS (=Organisation Data Service) |
| NAFLD | Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| NAO | National Audit Office |
| NAP | National Adaptation Programme |
| NASCIS | National Adult Social Care Intelligence Service |
| NATMS | National Alcohol Monitoring Service |
| NBO | National Back Office for the Personal Demographic Service |
| NBT | North Bristol Trust |
| NBTC | National Blood Transfusion Committee |
| NC | No Crime |
| NCAS | National Clinical Assessment Service |
| NCASC | National Children and Adult Services (Conference) |
| NCER | National Consortium for Examination Results (NCER) |
| NCGC | National Clinical Guideline Centre |
| NCLs | National Clinical Leads |
| NCLSCS | National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services |
| NCMP | National Child Measurement Programme |
| NCRI | National Cancer Research Institute |
| NCVIN | PHE's National Cardiovascular Intelligence Network |
| NDEC | National Drug Evidence Centre |
| NDPP | National Diabetes Prevention Programme |
| NDRI | National Duplicate Registration Initiative |
| NDTMS | National Drug Treatment Monitoring System |
| NE | Not Entered |
| NEA | National Energy Action |
| NEC | Not Elsewhere Classified |
| NEET | Not in education, employment or training |
| NEN | National Education Network |
| NEPTS | Non-Emergency Patient Transport |
| NeSS | Neighbourhood Statistics |
| NEXUS | NEXUS |
| NGDP | National Graduate Development Programme |
| NHAIS | National Health Applications & Infrastructure Services |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NHS CFH | NHS Connecting for Health |
| NHS IMAS | NHS Interim Management Team and Support |
| NHS SBS | NHS Shared Business Service |
| NHSCR | NHS Central Register |
| NHSD | NHS Direct |
| NHSE | NHS England |
| NHSG | NHS Gloucestershire |
| NHSI | NHS Improvement |
| NHSLA | NHS Litigation Authority |
| NHSSC | NHS Supply Chain |
| NICA | National Integration Centre and Assurance |
| NICE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
| NICIP | National Interim Clinical Imaging Procedure |
| NIGB | National Information Governance Board |
| NIHCE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (formerly NICE) |
| NIHR | National Institute for Health Research |
| NIMM | NHS Infrastructure Maturity Model |
| NISP | National Infrastructure Service Provider |
| NIV | Non Invasive Ventilation |
| NLE | National Leaders in Education |
| NLMS | National Learning Management System |
| NLOP | NPfIT (National Programme for IT) Local Ownership Programme |
| NLP | Natural Language Processing |
| NMAS | National Messaging Assurance Service |
| NMDS-SC | National Minimum Data Set for Social Care |
| NME | North, Midlands and East (Programme for IT) |
| NMLC | National Laboratory Medicine Catalogue |
| NN4B | NHS Numbers for Babies |
| NNM | Nearest Neighbourhood Model |
| NOM | New Operating Model |
| NOMS | National Offender Management Service |
| NOR | Number Of Roll - number of pupils in a school |
| NP | Not Published |
| NPfIT | National Programme for Information Technology |
| NPO | National Power Outage |
| NPO | LGA National Programme Office |
| NPOG | National Programme Office |
| NPSA | National Patient Safety Agency |
| NPSAG | National Patient Safety Advisory Group |
| NQB | National Quality Board |
| NRwS | New Relationship with Schools |
| NS-SEC | National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) |
| NSCI | National Serious Case Inquiry |
| NSF | National Service Framework |
| NSG | National Stakeholder Group |
| NSTS | NHS Strategic Tracing Service |
| NSWWS | National Severe Weather Warning Service |
| NTDA | NHS Trust Development Authority |
| NUG | National User Group |
| NVQ | National vocational qualification |
| NWPHO | North West Public Health Observatory |
| NWW | NHS Wide Web |
| OA | Osteoarthritis |
| OBC | Outline Business Case |
| OBS | Output Based Specification |
| OCCO | Office of the Chief Clinical Officer |
| OCD | Obsessive compulsive disorder |
| OCG | Organised Crime Group |
| OCSI | Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion |
| OD | Organisational Development |
| ODPM | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
| ODS | Organisation Data Service |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OG | One Gloucestershire |
| OGD | Other Government Department(s) |
| OH | Occupational Health |
| OJEU | Official Journal of the European Union |
| OLAP | On-line Analytical Processor |
| OLM | Oracle Learning Management |
| OLT | Operational Leadership Team |
| ONPOS | Online Non Prescription Ordering Service |
| ONS | Office for National Statistics |
| OOH | Out of Hours |
| OOO | Out of office |
| OPAC | Online Public Access Catalogue |
| OPAL | Older People’s Assessment and Liaison |
| OPCS | Office for Population Censuses and Surveys Classification of Surgical Operations and Procedures |
| OPEX | Operating Expenses |
| OPPO | One Place Programme Office |
| ORAM | Organisational Readiness Assurance Model |
| OSCHR | Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research |
| Osfsted | Office for Standard in Education |
| OSMC | Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee |
| OT | Occupational Therapy |
| PA | Persistent Absence |
| PaaS | Platform as a Service |
| PAC | Public Accounts Committee |
| PACC | Personalised Alternative Curriculum Centre |
| PACS | Primary and Acute Care System |
| PACS | Picture Archiving and Communications System |
| PALS | Patient Advice and Liaison Service |
| PAM | Patient Activation Measure |
| PAM | Patient Activity Measure |
| PANSI | Projecting Adult Needs and Service Information |
| PAR | Population Attributable Risk |
| PARR | Patients At Risk of Re-Hospitalisation |
| PASA | Purchasing and Supply Agency |
| PAU | Paediatric Assessment Unit |
| PBC | Practice-Based Commissioning |
| PBO | Personal Demographics Service National Back Office |
| PbR | Payment by Results |
| PCCAG | Primary Care Clinical Audit Group |
| PCD | Personal Confidential Data |
| PCIS | Primary Care Information System |
| PCN | Primary Care Network |
| PCO | Primary Care Organisation |
| PCOS | Polycystic Ovary Syndrome |
| PCT | Primary Care Trust |
| PDA | Pre-Determined Attendance |
| PDEE | Patient Data Enquiry/Extract |
| PDG | Programme Development Group |
| PDNA | Physical Disability Needs Analysis |
| PDP | Personal Development Plan |
| PDR | Personal Development Review (appraisal) |
| PDS | Personal Demographics Service |
| PDSA | Plan Do Study Act |
| PDT | Programme Delivery Team |
| PDU | Problem Drug User |
| PEP | Personal Education Plan |
| PEPPOL | Pan-European Public Procurement Online |
| Performance Plus | Corporate system monitoring key performance targets |
| PF1 | Private Fostering |
| PFCC | Patient and Family Centred Care |
| PFI | Private Finance Initiative |
| PH | Public Health |
| PHB | Personal Health Budget |
| PHBs | Personal Health Budgets |
| PHE | Public Health England |
| PHI | Professionalising Health Informatics |
| PHOF | Public Health Outcomes Framework |
| PHORCaST | Public Health Online Resource for Careers, Skills and Training |
| PHSO | Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman |
| PI | Performance Indicator |
| PIAG | Patient Information Advisory Group |
| PID | Programme/Project initiation document |
| PID | Person Identifiable Data |
| PID | Project Initiation Document |
| PING | Physical Inclusion Network Gloucestershire |
| PIP | Public Information Programme |
| PIP | Prescription Improvement Plan |
| PIRU | Policy Innovation Research Unit |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| PLACE | Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment |
| PLIMS | Pathology Laboratory Information System |
| PMI | Patient Master Index |
| PMIP | Pathology Messaging Implementation Programme |
| PMO | Programme Management Office |
| PNC | Police National Computer (PNC) |
| POA | Power of Attorney |
| PoC | Proof of Concept |
| POET | Personal Outcomes Evaluation Tool |
| POPPI | Projecting Older People Population Information |
| PPE | Patient Participation And Engagement |
| PPG | Patient Participation Group |
| PPI | Patient and Public Involvement |
| PPM | Pupil Projection Model |
| PPMA | Public Sector People Managers Association |
| PR | Parental Responsibility |
| PrEP | Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP) |
| PRINCE | PRojects In Controlled Environments (IT Project Management for government |
| PRINCE2 | Update of PRINCE for wider use |
| PRISM | LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans) staff community |
| PRN | Person Record Number |
| PRS | Pupil Referral Service |
| PRSSU | Personal Social Services Research Unit |
| PRU | Pupil Referral Unit |
| PSA | Public Service Agreement |
| PSED | Public Sector Equality Duty (under the Equality Act 2010) |
| PSHE | Personal Social Health Education |
| PSIS | Personal Spine Information Service |
| PSN | Public Services Network |
| PSP | Prescribing Support Pharmacist |
| PSR | Priority Services Register (utility companies register of vulnerable customers) |
| PSS-EX1 | Personal Social Services: Expenditure and Unit Costs return (PSS-EX1) |
| PSSEXE | Personal and Social Services Expenditure |
| PSSRU | Personal Social Services Research Unit |
| PST | Prescribing Support Technician |
| PTAC | Patient Transport Assessment Centre |
| PTL | Patient Tracking List |
| PWC | Prevention, wellbeing and Communities |
| PWS | Public Weather Service |
| Q&A | Questions and Answers |
| Q&GC | Quality and Governance Committee (GCCG) |
| QA | Quality Account |
| QDA | Qualitative Data Analysis |
| QIA | Quality Impact Assessment |
| QIPP | Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention |
| QMAS | Quality Management and Analysis System |
| QOF | Quality Outcome Framework (Assessor Validation Reports) |
| QSG | Quality Surveillance Group |
| QTS | Qualified Teacher Status |
| R&D | Research & Development |
| RA | Registration Authority |
| RACI | Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed |
| RADS | Regional Affective Disorders Outpatient Service |
| RAG | Red Amber Green |
| RAISE | Reporting and Analysis for Improvement through school Self-Evaluation |
| RAP | Referrals, Assessments & Packages of Care (Statutory Return) |
| RAS | Referral Assessment Service |
| RBAC | Role-Based Access Control |
| RCGP | Royal College of General Practitioners |
| RCP | Royal College of Physicians |
| RCV | Reducing Clinical Variation |
| RD | Resilience Direct |
| RDBMS | Relational Database Management System |
| RDS | Records Disclosure Service |
| Reablement | Short term intervention to support a service user regain their independence |
| REABS | Review of Executive, Administrative and Business Support |
| RED | Resilience and Emergencies Division (DCLG) |
| RFA | Requirements for Accreditation Scheme |
| RFC | Request for change |
| RFID | Radio Frequency identification |
| RNF | Relative Need Formulae |
| RO | Residence order |
| ROCR | Review of Central Returns Steering Committee |
| Role Profile | Document combining job description and person specification |
| ROPA | Record of Processing Activities |
| ROTL | Released on Temporary Licence |
| RSG | Resources Steering Group |
| RSI | Repetitive Strain Injury |
| RTC | Road Traffic Collision |
| RTI | Respiratory Tract Infection |
| RTT | Referral to Treatment |
| S113 | Joint working agreement/protocol under the 1972 Local Government Act |
| SA | Suspected Arson |
| SAB | Safeguarding Adults Board |
| SAC | Safeguarding Adults Collection |
| SACE | Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England |
| SAD | Seasonal Affective Disorder |
| SALT | Short And Long-Term return (new activity report adult social care) |
| SAML | Security Assertion Mark-up Language |
| SAP | Systems, Applications & Products in data processing |
| SAP | Single Assessment Process |
| SAR | Subject Access Request |
| SAR | Safeguarding Adults Return |
| SARC | Sexual Assault Referral Centre |
| SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SARs | Standardised Admission Ratios |
| SAU | Surgical Admission Unit |
| SCAG | NHS Security and Confidentiality Advisory Group |
| SCAN | Specialist Clinical Addiction Network |
| SCB | Schools Commissioning Board |
| SCCAG | Southern Combined Clinical Advisory Group |
| SCG | Strategic Coordinating Group (Multi- Agency Gold) |
| SCIE | Social Care Institute for Excellence |
| SCITT | School Centred Initial Teacher's Training |
| SCOMUG | SCOMIS User Group |
| SCR | Summary Care Record |
| Scrutiny | Part of Council's democratic governance process |
| SCS | Senior Civil Service |
| SDIP | Service Development Improvement Plan |
| SDO | Senior Designated Officer |
| SDP | School Development Plan |
| SDQ | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire |
| SDS | Spine Directory Service Bureau Service |
| SDS | Self Directed Support |
| SEAL | Social & Emotional Aspects of Learning |
| SEAP | Support, Empower, Advocate, Promote |
| SEBD | Social & Emotional Behaviour Development |
| SEEFA | South East England Forum on Ageing |
| SEF | Self Evaluation Forms |
| SEN | Statement of Educational Needs |
| SEN | Special educational needs |
| SEND | Special Educational Needs and Disabilities |
| SEO | Search Engone Optimisation (ensures web pages appear on Google etc) |
| SEU | Social Exclusion Unit |
| SFG | Schools Finance Group |
| SFR | Statistical First Release |
| SGO | Special Guardianship Order |
| SHA | Strategic Health Authority |
| SHE | Safety, Health and Environment |
| SHIP | Shire Hall Information Point |
| SHLAA | Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment |
| SHOT | Serious Hazards of Transfusion |
| SHREWD | Single Health Resilience Early Warning Database |
| SIF | Systems Interoperability Framework |
| SIMS | Schools Information Management System |
| SIO | School Improvement Officer |
| SIP | School Improvement Partner |
| SIRO | Senior Information Risk Officer |
| SIRTs | Service Issues Resolution Team |
| SIs | Statutory Instruments |
| SISU | Special Incident Support Unit |
| SITREPs | Situation Reports |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SLSS | School Leadership Support Service |
| SMART | Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely (of goals or objectives) |
| SMCs | Supply Management Confederations |
| SMMGP | Substance Misuse Management in General Practice |
| SMRAP | Supplier Maintenance Release Assurance Procedure |
| SMT | Senior Management Team |
| SNA | Strategic Needs Analysis |
| SNAT | Strategic Needs Analysis Team |
| SNOMED CT | Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms |
| SNPP | SubNational Population Projection(s) |
| SOC | Strategic Outline Case |
| SOC | Serious Organised Crime |
| SODA | Strategic Organisational Development Adviser |
| SOF | Schools Organisation Forum |
| SP | Small Percentage |
| SP | Supporting People |
| SPA | Single Point of Access |
| SPA | Structured Processional Assessment |
| SPC | Statistical Process Control |
| SPCA | Single Point of Clinical Access |
| SPEC COM | Specialised Commissioning |
| SPF | Sender Policy Framework |
| SPfIT | Southern Programme for IT |
| SPN | Safer Practice Notice |
| SPOT | Spend and Outcome Tool |
| SRF | Self Review Framework |
| SRG | System Resilience Group |
| SRO | Senior Responsible Owner |
| SROI | Social Return on Investment |
| SRSHN | South Region Sustainability and Health Network |
| SSD | Systems and Service Delivery |
| SSRG | Social Services Research Group |
| SSRI | Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor |
| St | Stroud |
| STAR PU | Specific Therapeutic Age-Sex Related Prescribing Units |
| STEP | Standards Enforcement in Procurement |
| STEPS | Short-term Emergency Placements Scheme (fostering) |
| STF | Sustainability Transformation Fund |
| STI | Sexually Transmitted Infection |
| STP | Sustainability and Transformation Partnership/Plan |
| STPCD | School Teachers Pay & Conditions Document |
| SU | Service User |
| SUG | Special User Group |
| SUPP | Suppressed |
| SUS | Secondary Uses Service |
| SW | Social Worker |
| SWASNHSFT/ SWAST | South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust |
| SWAST | South Western Ambulance Service Trust |
| SWB | Subjective Wellbeing |
| SWCP | South West Coaching Pool |
| SWGfL | South West Grid for Learning |
| SWISH | South West Information Sharing Hub |
| SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opprotunities, Threats |
| SWPHO | South West Public Health Observatory |
| SYOA | Single Year Of Age |
| T&L | Teaching and Learning |
| T&O | Trauma and Orthopaedics |
| TA | Teaching Agency |
| TA | Teaching Assistant |
| TAC | Team Around the Child |
| TAF | Team Around the Family |
| TAG | Technical Advisory Group |
| TAMP | Transport Asset Management Plan |
| TAP | Training Application Performance |
| TATT | Tired All The Time |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| TCG | Tactical Coordinating Group (Multi-Agency Silver) |
| TDB | Tracking Database |
| TERS | Testing Environments and Related Services |
| Tew | Tewkesbury |
| Thin Client | Desk top computer |
| TIA | Transient Ischaemic Attack |
| Timeframe | System to monitor time spent by employees on specific tasks |
| TISP | Targeted Intervention in Schools Programme |
| TL | Team Leader |
| TLAP | Think Local Act Personal |
| TLR | Teaching & Learning Responsibility |
| TM | Team Manager |
| TMS | Transaction Messaging Service |
| TOP | Treatment Outcomes Profile |
| ToR | Terms of Reference |
| TRC | Training Resource Centre |
| TRO | Traffic Regulation Order |
| TRUD | Technology Reference Data Update Distribution |
| TSA | Teaching Standards Agency |
| TSG | Terminology Steering Group |
| TSS/TSR | Temporary Staff Service/Register |
| TTA | Tablets to Take Away |
| TUO | Tell Us Once |
| TUPE | Transfer of undertaking protection of employment regulations |
| TWOC | Taking Without Owner's Consent |
| TWR | Two-Week referral |
| UASC | Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Child / Children |
| UBRN | Unique Booking Reference Number |
| UC | Universal Credit |
| UCLH | University College London Hospital |
| UICC | International Union against Cancer |
| UKChip | UK Council for Health Informatics Professions |
| UKCRC | UK Clinical Research Collaboration |
| UKTC | UK Terminology Centre |
| UoG | University of Gloucestershire |
| UPS | Upper Pay Scale |
| URL | Website Address (Uniform Resource Locator) |
| URN | Unique Reference Number |
| URP | User Role Profile |
| UTC | University Technical College |
| UTC | Urgent Treatment Centre |
| UTMG | Unattached Teachers Management Group |
| VA | Value added |
| VAWG | Violence against women and girls |
| VC | Video Conferencing |
| VCS | Voluntary and Community Sector |
| VCSA | Voluntary Community Sector Alliance |
| VDI | Virtualised Desktop Infrastructure |
| VERTO | Corporate system for managing projects / programmes |
| VIP | Voluntary, Independent and private (sector) |
| VLE | Virtual Learning Environment |
| VoIP | Voice over internet protocol technology |
| VP | Vulnerable People |
| VPC | Vulnerable People Cell |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VR | Voluntary Redundancy |
| VR/VER | Voluntary redundancy/Voluntary Early Retirement |
| VRQ | Vocationally related qualification |
| VSM | Very Senior Manager |
| VSNAG | Voluntary Sector National Advisory Group |
| WAH | Working at home |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WCPP | World Class Primary Programme |
| WDR | Learning Management System providers |
| WEAHSN | West of England Academic Health Science Network |
| WECR | We Care and Repair |
| WEMWBS | The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) |
| WFH | Work From Home |
| WHHP | Warm Homes Healthy People |
| WPLS | Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study |
| WRES | Workforce Race Equality Standard |
| WTE | Whole Time Equivalent |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
| YEN | Young Employees Network |
| YJB | The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales |
| YTD | Year To Date |
| ZBR | Zero Based Review |