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 |