Abbreviations and Acronymns
| A&E | Accident and emergency |
| ACO | Accountable Care Organisation |
| ADHC | All Day Health Centre |
| APHO | Association of Public Health Observatories (now known as the Network of Public Health Observatories) |
| APMS | Alternative Provider Medical Services |
| AUR | Appliance Use Reviews |
| BDA | British Dental Association |
| BMA | British Medical Association |
| CCG | Clinical Commissioning Group – 6 in Cheshire & Wirral that represent GP practices within the LPC footprint |
| CD | Controlled Drug |
| CDAO | Controlled Drug Accountable Officer |
| CEC | Cheshire East Council |
| CGST | NHS Clinical Governance Support Team |
| CIC | Community Interest Company |
| CMO | Chief Medical Officer |
| Contractor | The term contractor means pharmacy contractors and dispensing appliance contractors (DACs) included in the pharmaceutical list as currently there are no equivalent lists for individual pharmacists or DAC performers |
| COT | Course of Treatment |
| CP | Community Pharmacy |
| CPAF | Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework |
| CPCS | Community Pharmacist Consultation Service |
| CPCW | Community Pharmacy Cheshire & Wirral |
| CPPE | Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education |
| CQC | Care Quality Commission – job is to check whether Hospitals, Care homes, GPs, Dentists and Services are meeting national standards |
| CSU | Commissioning Support Unit- used by CCGs/public health etc. for services such as business planning and contract management, communications, human resources, finance, procurement and medicines management |
| CT | Community Trust |
| CWC | Cheshire West and Chester |
| CWP | Cheshire & Wirral Partnership (Mental Health and Other Services) |
| DAC | Dispensing Appliance Contractor |
| Days | Calendar days unless working days is specifically stated |
| DBS | Disclosure and Barring Service – replaced CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) |
| DDA | Disability Discrimination Act |
| DES | Directed Enhanced Service |
| DOS | Directory of Service for NHS 111 |
| DH | Department of Health |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| ePACT | Electronic Prescribing Analysis and Costs |
| EPS | Electronic Prescription Service |
| eRD | Electronic Repeat Dispensing |
| ESPLPS | Essential Small Pharmacy Local Pharmaceutical Services |
| eTCP | Electronic Transfer Transfer of Care To Pharmacy |
| EU | European Union |
| FHS | Family Health Services |
| FHS AU | Family Health Services Appeals Unit |
| FHSS | Family Health Shared Services |
| FPC | Family Practitioner Committee |
| FTA | Failed to Attend |
| GMC | General Medical Council |
| GMS | General Medical Services |
| GOC | General Optical Committee |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| GPhC | General Pharmaceutical Council |
| GSMP | Global Sum Monthly Payment |
| Healthwatch | Patient representative group and in every local authority area |
| HEE | Health Education England |
| HLP | Healthy Living Pharmacy |
| HSCIC | Health and Social Care Information Centre |
| HSE | Health and Safety Executive |
| HWB | Health and Wellbeing Board – key leaders from the health and care system work together to improve the health and wellbeing of their local population and reduce health inequalities, part of LA |
| IC | NHS Information Centre |
| ICCT | Integrated Care Teams |
| IG | Information Governance |
| IPMO | Integrating NHS Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation |
| KPIs | Key Performance Indicators |
| LA | Local Authority ie Wirral council |
| LDC | Local Dental Committee – equivalent to LPC for dentists |
| LETB | Local Education and Training Board – statutory committees of Health Education England (HEE) which supports healthcare providers and clinicians to take greater responsibility for planning and commissioning education and training. Can offer financial support |
| LIN | Local Intelligence Network – deals with CDs |
| LLP | Limited Liability Partnership |
| LMC | Local Medical Committee – equivalent to LPC but for GPs |
| LOC | Local Optical Committee – equivalent to LPC for optoms |
| LPC | Local Pharmaceutical Committee |
| LPN | Local Professional Network – PLPN is the pharmacy local professional network made up of pharmacy reps from all sectors, LA, public health etc. |
| LPS | Local Pharmaceutical Services |
| LRC | Local Representative Committee – eg LPC, LOC, LDC |
| LTC | Long Term Condition |
| MALPS | Mersey Association of LPCs |
| MDO | Medical Defence Organisation |
| MECC | Make Every Contact Count |
| MHRA | Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency |
| MIAA | Mersey Internal Audit Agency |
| MLCSU | Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit |
| MMT | Medicines Management – used by CCGs to look at prescribing |
| MUR | Medicines Use Review and prescription intervention services |
| NACV | Negotiated Annual Contract Value |
| NCAS | National Clinical Assessment Service |
| NHAIS | National Health Authority Information System (also known as Exeter) |
| NHS Act | National Health Service Act 2006 |
| NHS BSA | NHS Business Services Authority – replaced PPA |
| NHS CB /NHSE | NHS Commissioning Board – name has now been replaced by NHS England – NHSE |
| NHS CfH | NHS Connecting for Health – deals with EPS |
| NHSE C&M) | NHS England (Cheshire & Merseyside) |
| NMP | Non-Medical Prescriber |
| NMS | New Medicine Service |
| NPSA | National Patient Safety Agency |
| NUMSAS | NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service |
| OMP | Ophthalmic Medical Practitioner |
| ONS | Office of National Statistics |
| OOH | Out of Hours |
| PALS | Patient Advice and Liaison Service |
| PAM | Professions Allied to Medicine |
| PCC | Primary Care Commissioning |
| PCS | Primary Care Support – the term refers to organisations providing administrative support for primary care to ATs, primary care performers and the patients they serve. |
| PDS | Personal Dental Services |
| PCN | Primary Care Network |
| PCT | Primary Care Trust – now replaced by NHSE |
| Performer | The term primary care performer means medical, pharmacy, dental or ophthalmic performers registered on a performers list for the provision of primary care services to include military health and offender health services |
| PGD | Patient Group Direction |
| PHE | Public Health England – not LA public health but branch of NHSE |
| PH | Public Health – part of local authority |
| PLDP | Performers’ List Decision Panel |
| PMC | Primary Medical Contract |
| PMS | Personal Medical Services |
| PNA | Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment – determines where services and pharmacy contracts are needed |
| PPD | Prescription Pricing Division (part of NHS BSA) |
| PQS | Pharmacy Quality Scheme |
| PSG | Performance Screening Group – panel that deals with contracts that have performance issues e.g. fraud |
| PSNC | Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee |
| QOF | Quality and Outcomes Framework |
| QP | Quality Payments |
| RCGP | Royal College of General Practitioners |
| RSG | Review Steering Group |
| SCR | Summary Care Record |
| SRG | Systems Resilience Group |
| SMART | Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SPMS | Specialist Personal Medical Services |
| STP | Sustainability and Transformation Plan |
| SUI | Serious Untoward Incident |
| TCAM | Transfers of Care Around Medicine |
| WIC | Walk In Centre |
| WUTH | Wirral University Teaching Hospital |