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NHS Jargon List

NHS jargon, and what’s it all about?

Healthcare acronyms are a second language, used day-to-day by NHS professionals to simplify their internal and external communications. Sometimes, this can be confusing and cause misunderstandings between healthcare professionals and audiences who are not always familiar with the technical terminology and language.

At Four Eyes Insight, our team of experts understands the importance of making information accessible, and with this, we have developed a downloadable NHS jargon cheat sheet, aimed at explaining the many acronyms within the healthcare dictionary to support with the communications within NHS teams.

Download our NHS Jargon List today.

 

ACU	ambulatory care unit	CCG	clinical commissioning group
AAU	acute assessment unit	CNG	clinical network team
ADON	associate director of Nursing	CSU	commissioning support unit
AHSN	Academic Health Science Network	DHSC	Department of Health & Social Care
ALOS	average length of stay	EBI	evidence based intervention
ASG	allocated steering group	EDU	emergency decisions unit
AST	administrative support team	ERF	elective recovery fund
BAF	board assurance framework	GIRFT	get it right first time
CCIO	chief clinical information officer	HAWB	health and wellbeing board
CDC	community diagnostics centre	HEE	Health Education England
CET	clinical evaluation team	HVLC	high volume low comlplexity
ICB	integrated care board	ICP	integrated care partnership
ICS	integrated care system	LTC	long term conditions
NICE	National Institute for Health & Care Excellence	PCB	provider collaborative board
PIFU	patient-initiated follow up	PPC	patient pathway co-ordinator
STPS	sustainability and transformation partnership	TAT	turn around time
TOC	transfer of care