| Acronym | Phrase | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| R&D | Research and Development | ||
| R&G | Regulation and Governance | ||
| R&R | Rest and Recreation | ||
| R&R | Recruitment and Retention | ||
| R/V | Review Medical | ||
| RA | Registration Authority | ||
| RA | Rheumatoid Arthritis | ||
| RA | Right Atrium | ||
| RAAC | Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete | ||
| RAB | Resource Accounting and Budgeting | ||
| RACI | Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed | ||
| RACPC | Raid Access Chest Pain Clinic | ||
| RAD | Reactive Airways Disease | ||
| RAD | Royal Association for Deaf People | ||
| RADIR | Random Access Document Indexing and Retrieval | ||
| RAE | Research Assessment Exercise | ||
| RAF | Risk Assurance Framework | ||
| RAG | Red/Amber/Green Traffic Light Rating Scheme | ||
| RAID | Rapid Assessment, Interface and Discharge | ||
| RALGP | Rapid Access Lower Gastroenterology Pathway | ||
| RALIG | Review Action and Learning from Incidents Group | ||
| RALP | Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy | ||
| RAND | Research & Development, not for profit group for policy and decision making in R&D | ||
| RAP | Remedial Action Plan | ||
| RAS | Referral Assessment Service | ||
| RAS | Resource Allocation System | ||
| RAT | Rapid Assessment and Treatment | ||
| RAT | Risk Assessment Tool | ||
| RAWP | Resource Allocation Working Party | ||
| RBAC | Role Based Access Control | ||
| RBB | Right Bundle Branch | ||
| RBC | Red Blood Cell Count | ||
| RBH | Royal Berkshire Hospital | ||
| RC | Referring Clinician | ||
| RC | REjected Cancellations | ||
| RC | Responsible Clinian | ||
| RC | Reference Cost | ||
| RC | Remuneration Committee | ||
| RCA | Root Cause Analysis | ||
| RCAT | Rapid Cancer Action Team | ||
| RCC | Renal Cell Carcinoma | ||
| RCCD | Renal Cell Carcinoma Diagnosis | ||
| RCCE | Rural Community Council for Essex | ||
| RCD | Research Capacity Development | ||
| RCEM | Royal College of Emergency Medicine | ||
| RCF | Research Capability Funding | ||
| RCGP | Royal College of General Practitioners | ||
| RCM | Royal College of Midwives | ||
| RCN | Royal College of Nursing | ||
| RCoA | Royal College of Anaesthetists | ||
| RCOG | Royal College of Gynaecologist and Obstetricians | ||
| RCOT | Royal College of Occupational Therapists | ||
| RCP | Royal College of Physicians | ||
| RCPCH | Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health | ||
| RCPE | Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | ||
| RCPH | Royal College of Paediatrics and Children’s Health | ||
| RCPSG | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow | ||
| RCPSYCH | Royal College of Psychiatrists | ||
| RCR | Royal College of Radiologists | ||
| RCRD | Rapid Cancer Registrations Dashboards | ||
| RCS | Royal College of Surgeons | ||
| RCSE | Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | ||
| RCSLT | Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists | ||
| RCT | Randomised Controlled Trial | ||
| RCUK | Research Council UK | ||
| RD | Registered Dietician | ||
| RDAG | Rare Diseases Advisory Group. Receives Additional NHS Funding | ||
| RDC | Rapid Diagnostic Centre | ||
| RDI | Renal Dialysis | ||
| RDN | Research Delivery Networl | ||
| RDS | Research Design Service | ||
| RDSU | Research and Development Support Unit | ||
| REACH-HF | Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure | ||
| REACT | Rapid Emergency Assessment and Care Team | ||
| REC | NHS Research Ethics Committee | ||
| REF | Research and Excellence Framework | ||
| REN | Research and Engagement Network | ||
| REPAG | Racial Equality Action Group | ||
| RES | Health Research Authority Research Ethics Service | ||
| RESPECT | Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment | ||
| RET | Recovery Enablement Track | ||
| RFA | Referrals For Assessment | ||
| RFA | Radio Frequency Ablation | ||
| RFID | Radio Frequency Identification | ||
| RFL | Royal Free Hospital London | ||
| RfPB | Research for Patient Benefit | ||
| RfS | Request for Service | ||
| RGH | Rural General Hospital | ||
| RGN | Registered General Nurse | ||
| RHA | Regional Health Authority | ||
| RHDU | Respiratory High Dependency Unit | ||
| RHITE | Registry of Healthcare Innovation and Technology Evaluation | ||
| RIA | Radioimmunoassay - a blood test for CA 19-9 | ||
| RIDDOR | Reporting of Accidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences | ||
| RILD | Research, Innovation and Learning and Development | ||
| RiO | An electronic patient record IT system | ||
| RIPFA | Research in Practice For Adults | ||
| RIS | Radiology Information System | ||
| RJAH | Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital | ||
| RLO | Research Liaison Officer | ||
| RLT | Regional Leadership Team | ||
| RM | Risk Management | ||
| RM&G | Research Management and Governance | ||
| RME | Recruitment Monitoring Form | ||
| RMH | Royal Marsden Hospital | ||
| RMN | Registered Mental Health Nurse | ||
| RMOC | Regional Medicines Optimisation Committee | ||
| RMP | Research Methods Programme | ||
| RMS | Remote Monitoring Surveillance | ||
| RN | Registered Nurse | ||
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid | ||
| RNF | Relative Need Formula | ||
| RNIB | Royal National Institute for the Blind | ||
| RNLD | Learning Disabilities Nurse | ||
| RO | Responsible Officer | ||
| ROA | Return On Assets | ||
| RoCR | Review of Central Returns | ||
| ROI | Return On Investment | ||
| ROSC | Return of Spontaneous Circulation | ||
| ROSE | Rapid On-Site Specimen Evaluation | ||
| RP | Research Passport | ||
| RP | Research Professors | ||
| RPA | Radiation Protection Adviser Service | ||
| RPR | Relevant Person’s Representative | ||
| RPS | Royal Pharmaceutical Society | ||
| RPTD | Recommended Phase Two Dosage | ||
| RR | Respiratory Rate | ||
| RRG | Rapid Reference Group | ||
| RRI | Rapid Results Institute | ||
| RRL | Revenue Resource Limit | ||
| RRLP | Rapid Response Liaison Psychiatry | ||
| RRR | Rapid Responsive Review | ||
| RRR | Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement | ||
| RRR | Relative Risk Reduction | ||
| RRT | Rapid Response Team | ||
| RRT | Respective Referral Team | ||
| RRV | Rapid Response Vehicle | ||
| RS | Respiratory System | ||
| RSCH | Royal Surrey County Hospital | ||
| RSH | Royal Shrewsbury Hospital | ||
| RSS | Referral Support Service | ||
| RSS | Research Support Services | ||
| RST | Revalidation Support Team | ||
| RT | Radiotherapy | ||
| RT-LHS | Radiotherapy -Learning Healthcare System | ||
| RTA | Road Traffic Accident | ||
| RTC | Road Traffic Collision | ||
| RTDS | Radiotherapy Dataset | ||
| RTI | Respiratory Tract Infection | ||
| RTN | Radiotherapy Network | ||
| RTP | Research Training Programme | ||
| RTR | Renal Transplant | ||
| RTRP SB | Right Time, Right Place Steering Board | ||
| RTT | Referral to Treatment | ||
| RTW | Ride To Wellness Private Ambulance Service | ||
| RTY | Radiotherapy | ||
| RUG | Research User Group | ||
| RUP | Rapid Uptake Products | ||
| RV | Right Ventricle | ||
| RVH | Royal Victoria Hospital Maidstone | ||
| RVS | Royal Voluntary Service | ||
| RX | Medical Prescription |
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