Jargon guide

Despite our best efforts there may be a number of acronyms as well as NHS jargon in the our Operational Plan for 2024/25. To help, we have created this handy glossary of terms.

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A&E Accident and Emergency
ACP Advanced Care Practitioner
AHP Allied Health Professional
ANP Advanced Nurse Practitioner
BH Bassetlaw Hospital
BDGH Bassetlaw District General Hospital
CDC Community Diagnostics Centre
CIPs Cost Improvement Plans
CQC Care Quality Commission
CYP Children and Young People
DBTH Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospital
DNA Did Not Attend
DRI Doncaster Royal Infirmary
EIA Equality Impact Assessment
ENT Ear, Nose and Throat
FDS Faster Diagnostic Standard
GIRFT Getting It Right First Time
HCA Health Care Assistant
HEI Higher Education Institutes
HWB Health and Well Being
ICB Integrated Care Board
ICP Integrated Care Partnership
JFP Joint Forward Plan
KPI Key Performance Indicator(s)
LFPSE Learn From Patient Safety Events
LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
ME Medical Examiner
MEG Medical Equipment Group
MEOC Mexborough Elective Orthopaedic Centre
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
NHS National Health Service
NHSE National Health Service England
NMAHP Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals
PIFU Patient Initiated Follow Up
PSIRF Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
QII Quality Improvement and Innovation
QPIA Quality Performance Impact Assessment (QPIA)
REF Research Excellence Framework
R&I Research and Innovation
SAS Speciality and Specialist
SDEC Same Day Emergency Care
SLA Service Level Agreement
T&O Trauma and Orthopaedic
UEC Urgent and Emergency Care

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