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A&C; : Administrative & Clerical
A&E; : Accident And Emergency: more...
AAC : Advisory Appointments Committee
ABHI : Association Of British Healthcare Industries
ABI : Area-Based Initiative
ABIM : American Board Of Internal Medicine
ABM : Activity - Based Management
ABPI : Association Of The British Pharmaceutical Industry
ABPSS : Associate British Psychological Society
AC : Audit Commission
ACAC : Area Clinical Audit Committee
ACAS : Advisory, Conciliation & Arbitration Service
ACC : Association Of County Councils
ACDA : Advisory Committee On Distinction Awards
ACDP : Advisory Committee On Dangerous Pathogens
ACHC : Association Of Community Health Councils
ACHCEW : Association Of Community Health Councils In England & Wales
ACIG : Academy Of Medical Royal Colleges Information Group
ACLS : Advanced Coronary Life Support
ACME : Advisory Committee On Medical Establishment (Scotland)
ACMT : Advisory Committee On Medical Training
ACPC : Area Child Protection Committee: more...
ACTR : Additional Cost Of Teaching And Research
ADC : Automatic Data Capture
ADH : Additional Duty Hours
ADMS : Assistant Director Of Medical Services
ADNS : Assistant Director Of Nursing Services
ADP : Automatic Data Processing
ADR : Adverse Drug Reaction
ADSS : Association Of Directors Of Social Services
AFOM : Afom: more...
AFPM : Associate Of The Faculty Of Pharmaceutical Medicine
AGMETS : Advisory Group On Medical And Dental Education, Training And Staffing
AHA : Associate Of The Institute Of Hospital Administrator
AHC : Association Of Healthcare Communicators
AHCPA : Association Of Health Centre And Practice Administrators
AHHRM : Association Of Healthcare Human Resource Management
AHP : Allied Health Professional
AHS : Action On Health & Smoking
AICU : Adult Intensive Care Unit
AIM : Advanced Informatics In Medicine Or Association Of Independent Multifunds
AIMS : Association For Improvements In Maternity Services
AIP : Aids Information Project
AKC : Associate Of King's College
ALA : Association Of Local Authorities
ALAC : Artificial Limb And Appliance Centre
ALERT : Acute Life Threatening Events Recognition And Treatment
ALOS : Average Length Of Stay
AMA : Association Of Metropolitan Authorities
AMEE : Association For Medical Education In Europe
AMRC : Association Of Medical Research Charities Or Academy Of Medical Royal Colleges
AMSPAR : Association Of Medical Secretaries, Practice Administrators And Receptionists
ANHSO : Association Of National Health Service Officers
AODP : Association Of Operating Department Practitioners
AOP : Association Of Optometrists
APD : Advanced Professional Development
APH : Association Of Public Health
APHR : Annual Public Health Report : more...
APIR : Assessment, Planning, Implementation And Review: more...
APLS : Advanced Pediatric Life Support
AQH : Association For Quality In Healthcare
ARSAC : Administration Of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
ARSH : Association Of Royal Society Of Health
ASEC : Associate Specialist Education Committee
ASH : Action On Smoking & Health
ASIT : Association Of Surgeons In Training
ASMC : Arthritis Self-Management Course
ASME : Association For The Study Of Medical Education
ASSIST : Association For Information Management And Technology Staff In The NHS
ASW : Approved Social Worker
ATLS : Advanced Trauma Life Support
ATMD : Association Of Trust Medical Directors
ATTRACT : Ask Trip To Rapidly Alleviate Confused Thoughts
AUDGP : Association Of University Departments Of General Practice
AVG : Ambulatory Visit Group
AVMA : Action For The Victims Of Medical Accidents
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The area of the belly, between the bottom of the ribs and the groin.
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A traumatic incident involving any part of the body
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Usually referred to in its abbreviated form this covers the range of services immediately available in the specialist department of a hospital for patients requiring urgent treatment. Patients requiring immediate treatment or who are referred as an emergency
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A programme of support for young people who are responsible for providing care, for example for a family member with a disability in the home
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Occurs when researchers design a field experiment, collect the data, and feed it back to the activists (i.e. Participants) both as feedback and as a way of modelling the next stage of the experiment
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Special effort to collect data, and confirm diagnoses to ensure more complete reports such as surveys and outbreak investigations, encompasses formal and informal communications
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The level of work carried out in a given period � e.g. The number of patients seen
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Describes a disease of rapid onset, severe symptoms and brief duration.
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Heart attacks
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Hospitals that provide urgent or planned treatments or operations, plus outpatient appointments
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Medical and surgical treatment provided in hospital.
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When a patient is admitted to hospital
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A range of support available to patients and users of services to enable them to have access to a volunteer, or other designated person who will speak for them and ensure that their interests are represented
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A branch of knowledge concerned with the causes of particular phenomena, specifically a branch of medical science concerned with the causes and origins of diseases
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Associate of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine
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Services where people do not stay in hospital overnight e.g. Out-patients, x-ray, day surgery and medical diagnostics.
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A centre where a patient could be admitted and discharged within a working day, including out-patients, x-ray, day surgery and medical diagnostic services. A centre and service which are designed around the needs of the patient
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A sense of suffocation or suffocating pain in the chest, neck or arm, associated with heart disease, and usually brought on by exercise
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Providing key health indicators for a local authority area. Published by every Local Health Authority in additon to their Annual Report
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Those provided before the birth of a child, for example midwifery services, parentcraft classes.
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Drugs to prevent blood clotting
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Each county or unitary authority has, by law, to have an Area Child Protection Committee with membership drawn from all statutory agencies working with children, but with an independent chair.
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Widely used drug that relieves less severe types of pain such as headache and toothache, and also reduces inflammation and fever. Low daily doses can be used in the prevention of coronary thrombosis and strokes
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Refers to services that are targeted to people with severe and persistent mental illness who may be difficult to engage in treatment.
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Strategies for the assessment of children in need and provision of 'packages' of support.
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GPs employed by GPs who are principals. They have a contract with a general practice and not the local health authority.
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GPs employed by single-handed GPs working in isolated situations
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A secondary care clinician who is accredited as a specialist and who works in a career (non-training) position as part of a consultant's team.
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Irregular heart beat; rapid and irregular heart and pulse rates
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A continuous process of assessment, evaluation and adjustment
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