NHSScotland Chief Executive's Annual Report 2012/13

Accident and Emergency

ABIs

Alcohol Brief Interventions

ADP

Alcohol and Drug Partnership

AHP

Allied Health Professional

ANP

Advanced Nursing Practitioner

CAMHS

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

CCP

Cleanliness Champions Programme

CDI

Clostridium difficile Infection

CEL

Chief Executive Letter

CEOs

Chief Executive Officers

CHD

Coronary Heart Disease

CMS

Chronic Medication Service

COSLA

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

CPPs

Community Planning Partnerships

CSO

Chief Scientists Office

CVD

Cardio-vascular disease

DCAQ

Demand, Capacity, Activity, Queue

DEL

Departmental Expenditure Limit

DNA

Did Not Attend

DSR

Donor Session Record

ECS

Emergency Care Summary

EDD

Electronic Discharge Document

FSA

Food Standards Agency

FY1

Foundation Year 1

GIRFEC

Getting it Right for Every Child

GP

General Practitioner

GMC

General Medical Council

HAI

Healthcare Associated Infection

HEAT

Health, Efficiency, Access and Treatment

HEI

Healthcare Environment Inspectorate

HIRAG

Health Informatics Research Advisory Group

HIS

Healthcare Improvement Scotland

HSMR

Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios

ICU

Intensive Care Unit

IHI

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

ISB

Information Sharing Board

ISD Scotland

Information Services Division Scotland - part of NHS National Services Scotland (NSS)

IT

Information Technology

iiD

Investors in Diversity

iiV

Investing in Volunteers

IVF

InVitro Fertilisation

JIT

Joint Improvement Team

LDP

Local Delivery Plan

LGB

Lesbian, gay and bisexual

LVSD

Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction

ME-CFS

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

MERIT

Mayo Evaluation of Reflection on Improvement Tool

MRC

Medical Research Council

MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

MSSA

Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus

NEAG

Neonatal Expert Advisory Group

NESTA

National Endowment for Science and the Arts

NEF

New Economics Foundation

NES

NHS Education for Scotland

NHS

National Health Service

NHSScotland

National Health Service Scotland

NIIF

National Information and Intelligence Network

NRAC

National Resource Allocation Committee

NRS

NHS Research Scotland

NSCC

National Specialist Services Committee

NSS

NHS National Services Scotland

OECD

Organisations for Economic Co-operation and Development

OPAT

Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy

PDSA

Plan, Do, Study, Act

PFR

Patient Report Form

QIDS

Quality Improvement Data System

QI Hub

Quality Improvement Hub

QINRT

Quality Improvement National Reporting Tool

QMAG

Quality Measurement Action Group

QuEST

Quality and Efficiency Support Team

RCOP

Reshaping Care for Older People Programme

ROSC

Return of Spontaneous Circulation

RTT

Referral to Treatment

SAAT

Self-Assessment Audit Tool

SICSAG

Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group

SSSC

Scottish Social Services Council

ScotPHN

Scottish Public Health Network

SFLA

Strategic Frontline Application

SIMD

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation

SOAs

Single Outcome Agreements

SPARRA

Scottish Patients at Risk of Readmission and Admission

SPSP

Scottish Patient Safety Programme

SPSO

Scottish Public Services Ombudsman

SPSP-PC

Scottish Patient Safety Programme in Primary Care

SWAN

Scottish Wide Area Network

TAVI

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

TOPCAT

Temperature Post Cardiac Arrest

TTG

Treatment Time Guarantee

VF

Ventricular Fibrillation

VT

Ventricular Tachycardia

WEI

Workplace Equality Index