| Acronym | Phrase | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| C&M | Cheshire & Merseyside | ||
| C&P | Cambridge & Peterborough | ||
| c-CBT | Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy | ||
| C-Diff | Clostridium Difficile | ||
| C.Diff | Clostridium Difficile | ||
| C/C | Chief Complaint | ||
| C/O | Complains Of | ||
| C25K | Couch to 5K Stop Smoking Campaign | ||
| C2DE | Individuals (workers) in the three lower social and economic groups C2 and DE of society (blue collar) | ||
| C4CC | Coalition for Collaborative Care | ||
| C4H | Capacity For Health | ||
| C@R | Choice at Referral | ||
| CA | Controls Assurance | ||
| CA125 | Cancer Antigen 125 Tumour Marker for Ovarian Cancer | ||
| CA19-9 | Cancer Antigen 19-9 Tumour Marker | ||
| CAA | Comprehensive Area Assessment | ||
| CAB | Citizens’ Advice Bureau | ||
| CAB | Clinical Advisory Board | ||
| CAB/C&B | Choose and Book | ||
| CABG | Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | ||
| CaBIG | Choose and Book Implementation Group | ||
| CAC | Children Assessment Centre | ||
| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease | ||
| CAD | Citizen's Advisory Group | ||
| CAD | Clinical Advisory Group | ||
| CADEAS | Cancer Alliance Data Evidence and Analysis Service | ||
| CAF | Child and Family | ||
| CAF | Constitutional Advisory Forum | ||
| CAF | Common Assessment Framework | ||
| CAFCASS | Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service | ||
| CAG | Clinical Academic Group | ||
| CAG | Confidentiality Advisory Group | ||
| CAIDE | Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Ageing and Incidence of Dementia | ||
| CAJE | Computer Aided Job Evaluation | ||
| CAM | Cancer Awareness Measure | ||
| CAM | Complimentary and Alternative Medicine | ||
| CAMHS | Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service | ||
| CAN | Cancer | ||
| CAN | Children with Additional Needs | ||
| CAN | Certified Nursing Assistant | ||
| CAP | Cancer Action Plan | ||
| CAP | Community Acquired Pneumonia | ||
| CAP | Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis | ||
| CAPA | Clinical And Procurement Service | ||
| CAPD | Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis | ||
| CAPEX | Capital Expenditure | ||
| CAR-T | Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy | ||
| CARU | Clinical Audit and Research Unit | ||
| CAS | Central Alert System | ||
| CAS | Clinical Assessment Service | ||
| CASP | Critical Appraisal Skills Programme | ||
| CAT | Clinical Academic Training Programme | ||
| CAT | Computerised Axial Tomography (Scan) | ||
| CAT | Crisis Assessment and Treatment | ||
| CATS | Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service | ||
| CAU | Child and Adolescent Unit | ||
| CAU | Clinical Assessment Unit | ||
| CAUTI | Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection | ||
| CAYDER | Specialised Nursing/Patient Computer System | ||
| CBA | Cost-Benefit Analysis | ||
| CBD | Cannabidiol | ||
| CBRNE | Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive | ||
| CBS | Charles Bonnet Syndrome | ||
| CBT | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy | ||
| CC | Coordinating Centre | ||
| CC | Comminity Champion | ||
| CC4C | Connecting Care for Children | ||
| CCD | Critical Care Desk | ||
| CCE | Colon Capsule Endoscopy | ||
| CCF | Central Commissioning Facility | ||
| CCG | Carers Campaigners Group | ||
| CCG | Clinical Commissioning Group | ||
| CCGA | Circulating Cell-Free Genome Atlas Study | ||
| CCH | Care Closer to Home | ||
| CCIO | Chief Clinical Information Officer | ||
| CCN | Children’s Cancer Network | ||
| CCNet | Cochrane Consumer Network | ||
| CCOT | Critical Care Outreach Team | ||
| CCP | Co-operation and Competition Panel | ||
| CCP | Critical Care Paramedic | ||
| CCR | Cancer Care Review | ||
| CCRN | Comprehensive Clinical Research Network | ||
| CCS | Cambridge Community Service | ||
| CCS | Crown Commercial Service | ||
| CCST | Certificate of Completion of Training | ||
| CCT | Community Care Team | ||
| CCT | Certificate of Completion of Training | ||
| CCTU | Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit | ||
| CCU | Cardiac Care Unit | ||
| CCU | Coronary Care Unit | ||
| CCU | Critical Care Unit | ||
| CCVS | Colchester Council for Voluntary Services | ||
| CD | Clinical Director | ||
| CD | Controlled Drugs | ||
| CD | County District | ||
| CD4 | Cluster of Differentiation 4 | ||
| CDAP | Continuous Airway Positive Pressure | ||
| CDAT | Community Drug and Alcohol Team | ||
| CDC | Community Diagnostic Centre | ||
| CDEL | Capital Department Exposure Limit | ||
| CDF | Cancer Drugs Fund | ||
| CDF | Clostridium Difficile | ||
| CDH | Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia | ||
| CDH | Community Diagnostic Hub | ||
| CDI | Clostrioides Difficile Infection | ||
| CDM | Chronic Disease Management | ||
| CDMI | Clinical Digital Maturity Index | ||
| CDO | Chief Dental Officer | ||
| CDOP | Child Death Overview Panel | ||
| CDR | Common Drug Review | ||
| CDS | Commissioning Data Sets | ||
| CDS | Cancer Decision Support | ||
| CDU | Clinical Decision Unit | ||
| CE | Chief Executor | ||
| CE | Customer Engagement Team | ||
| CEA | Clinical Excellence Awards | ||
| CEA | Counting Every Adult | ||
| CEA | Carcinoembryonic Antigen Test for Bowel & Intestinal Cancer | ||
| CEAC | Clinical and Excellence Awards Committee | ||
| CECS | Central Essex Community Service | ||
| CEDCC | Cancer Early Diagnosis Charities Coalition | ||
| CEFF | Controlled Environment for Finance | ||
| CEG | Care Environment Group | ||
| CEM | College of Emergency Medicine | ||
| CEMACH | Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health | ||
| CEN | European Committee for Standardisation | ||
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| CEP | Centre for Evidence-Based Purchasing | ||
| CEPN | Community Education Provider Network | ||
| CES | Care Episode Service | ||
| CESR | Certificate of Elegibility for Specialist Training | ||
| CET | Clinical Evaluation Team | ||
| CETR | Care, Education and Treatment Review | ||
| CETV | Cash Equivalent Transfer Value | ||
| CF | Consent Form | ||
| CFAs | Clinical Focus Areas | ||
| CFAS | Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies | ||
| cfDNA | Cell Free DNA | ||
| CFH | Connecting for Health | ||
| CfPS | Centre for Public Scrutiny | ||
| CFR | Code of Clinical Regulations | ||
| CFR | Community First Responders | ||
| CFS | Clinical Frailty Score | ||
| CFS | Community Frailty Service | ||
| CFS | Cystic Fibrosis | ||
| CFSMS | Counter Fraud and Security Management | ||
| CFT | Community Foundation Trusts | ||
| CFTR | Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator | ||
| CfWI | Centre for Workforce Intelligence | ||
| CGA | Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment | ||
| CGAS | Children’s Global Assessment Scale | ||
| CGC | Construction Group Consultancy | ||
| CGH | Colchester General Hospital | ||
| CHADS2 | Congestive Hypertension Age (75 or over) Diabetes Stroke | ||
| CHAI | Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection | ||
| CHARMS | Cancer Harm Review System | ||
| CHC | Community Health Council | ||
| CHC | Continuing Health Care | ||
| CHCP | Community Health and Care Partnership | ||
| CHD | Coronary Heart Disease | ||
| CHESS | Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System | ||
| CHESS | Churches Homeless Emergency Support | ||
| CHFT | Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust | ||
| CHI | Commission for Health Improvement | ||
| CHI | Community Health Index | ||
| CHIP | Clonal Hematpoiesis of Indeterminate Potential | ||
| CHIQ | Centre for Health Information Quality | ||
| CHIT | Care Home Intervention Team | ||
| CHMS | Community Health and Miscellaneous Services | ||
| CHP | Community Health Partnership | ||
| CHPO | Chief Health Professions Officer | ||
| CHPPD | Care Hours Per Patient Day | ||
| CHRE | Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence | ||
| CHS | Child Health Surveillance | ||
| CHUFT | Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust | ||
| CHWW | Community Health and Wellbeing Workers | ||
| CHYPS | Children and Young Peoples Service | ||
| CI | Confidence Interval | ||
| CI | Chief Investigator | ||
| CI | Coordinating Investigator | ||
| CIBH | Change in Bowel Habits | ||
| CIC | Community Interest Company | ||
| CIC | Cancer Improvement Collaborative | ||
| CICC | Cumberlege Intermediate Care Centre | ||
| CICU | Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit | ||
| CIL | Community Infrastructure Levy | ||
| CIMA | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants | ||
| CIMP | Clinical Information Management Programme | ||
| CIMT | Central Incident Management Team | ||
| CIN | Child in Need Plan | ||
| CINAHL | Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Information | ||
| CIO | Charitable Incorporated Organisation | ||
| CIO | Chief Information Officer | ||
| CIP | Continuous Improvement Program | ||
| CIP | Cost Improvement Plan | ||
| CIPD | Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development | ||
| CIPH | Cambridgeshire Institute of Public Health | ||
| CIPOLD | Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities | ||
| CIS | Carcinoma In Situ | ||
| CIS | Clinical Information System | ||
| CIS | Complex Invasive Cardiology | ||
| CITNS | Children’s Integrated Therapy Nursing | ||
| CIVITAS | Institute for the Study of Civil Society | ||
| CKD | Chronic Kidney Disease | ||
| CL | Cash Limit (up to which the authority may spend) | ||
| CL | Clinical Lectureships | ||
| CLA | Children Looked After | ||
| CLAHRC | Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research & Care | ||
| CLCH | Central London Community Healthcare | ||
| CLDT | Community Learning Disability Team | ||
| CLG | Communities and Local Government (Department of) | ||
| CLL | B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia | ||
| CLN | Clinical Leaders Network | ||
| CLN | Clinical Liaison Nurse | ||
| CLOD | Clinical Lead Organ Donation | ||
| CLPD | Common Law Police Disclosure | ||
| CLRN | Comprehensive Local Research Networks | ||
| CLS | Community Living Skills | ||
| CLSQM | Clinical Service Quality Measure | ||
| CM | Community Matron | ||
| CM2000 | Care Management 2000 (remote workforce care solutions) | ||
| CMA | Competition and Markets Authority | ||
| CMAR | Cancer Mutual Aid Return | ||
| CMB | Corporate Management Board (Department of Health) | ||
| CMD | Common Mental Disorder | ||
| CME | Continuing Medical Education | ||
| CMG | Clinical Management Groups | ||
| CMHN | Community Mental Health Nurse | ||
| CMHT | Community Mental Health Team | ||
| CMML | Chronic Myelomocytic Leukaemia | ||
| CMO | Chief Medical Officer | ||
| CMP | Condition Management Programme | ||
| CMPCNAG | Cheshire and Merseyside Palliative and End of Life Care Network | ||
| CMPHN | Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Collaborative | ||
| CMS | Case Management System | ||
| CMS | Content Management System | ||
| CMS | Covid Management Service | ||
| CMSCN | Cheshire & Merseyside Strategic Clinical Network | ||
| CNARC | Care National Audit and Research Centre | ||
| CNF | Case Note File | ||
| CNG | Clinical Network Group | ||
| CNO | Chief Nursing Officer | ||
| CNS | Central Nervous System | ||
| CNS | Clinical Nurse Specialist | ||
| CNST | Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts | ||
| CO | Cabinet Office | ||
| COBIC | Capitated Outcomes-Based Incentivised Contracts | ||
| COCH | Countess of Cheshire Hospital | ||
| CODM | Chief Operating Decision Maker | ||
| COF | Commissioning Outcomes Framework | ||
| COG | Clinical Operations Group | ||
| COG | Clinical Oversight Group | ||
| COG | Council of Governors | ||
| COLOFIT | Optimal Use of Faecal ImuunochemicalTesting for Patients with Features of Possible Colorectal Cancer | ||
| COM-B | Capability, Opportunity and Motivation | ||
| COMARE | Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in Environment | ||
| COMEAP | Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants | ||
| CON | Contraception | ||
| CONI | Care Of the Next Infant | ||
| CONTEST | Counter Terrorism Strategy | ||
| COO | Chief Operating Officer | ||
| COP | Communities of Practice | ||
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | ||
| COSD | Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset | ||
| COSHH | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health | ||
| COSI | Co-ordinated, Safe, Integrated | ||
| COSLA | Convention Of Scottish Local Authorities | ||
| COTE | Care Of The Elderly | ||
| COVID-19 | Corona Virus Discovered in 2019 | ||
| CP | Child Protection Plan | ||
| CP | Community Pharmacist | ||
| CPA | Care Programme Approach | ||
| CPA | Central Point of Access | ||
| CPA | Clinical Pathology Accreditation | ||
| CPAG | Clinical Priorities Advisory Group (DOH Subcommittee) | ||
| CPAP | Continuous Positive Airway Pressure | ||
| CPCF | Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework | ||
| CPCS | Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist | ||
| CPCS | Community Pharmacist Consultation Service | ||
| CPD | Continuing Professional Development | ||
| CPES | Cancer Patient Experience Survey | ||
| CPET | Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing | ||
| CPFT | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust | ||
| CPI | Consumer Price Index | ||
| CPN | Community Psychiatric Nurse | ||
| CPN | Contract Performance Notice (issued by CCG) | ||
| CPO | Chief Pharmaceutical Officer | ||
| CPP | Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education | ||
| CPP | Child Protection Plan | ||
| CPP | Clinical Procurement Partnership | ||
| CPPE | Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education | ||
| CPPG | Cancer Patients Partnership Group | ||
| CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | ||
| CPR | Child Protection Register | ||
| CPR | Concise, Precise and Relevant | ||
| CPRCCG | Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group | ||
| CPRD | Clinical Research Practice Data Link | ||
| CPS | Crown Prosecution Service | ||
| CPS | Control Preferences Scale | ||
| CPST | Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment | ||
| CPT | Contingency Planning Team | ||
| CPTV | Cancer Prevention Trials Unit | ||
| CQC | Care Quality Commission | ||
| CQI | Clinical Quality Indicator | ||
| CQI | Continuous Quality Improvement | ||
| CQIN | Commissioning for Quality and Innovation | ||
| CQIP | Continuous Quality, Improvement, Productivity and Innovation | ||
| CQRS | Calculating Quality Reporting Service | ||
| CQUIN | Commissioning For Qualityand Innovation | ||
| CRB | Criminal Records Bureau | ||
| CRC | Choice Referral System | ||
| CRD | Centre Reviews and Dissemination | ||
| CRES | Cash Releasing Efficiency Scheme | ||
| CRF | Cancer Related Fatigue | ||
| CRF | Case Report Form | ||
| CRF | Chronic Renal Failure | ||
| CRG | Clinical Reference Group | ||
| CRHT | Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team | ||
| CRIPACC | Centre For Research in Public Health And Community Care | ||
| CRL | Capital Resource Limit | ||
| CRM | Client Relationship Manager | ||
| CRN | Clinical Research Network | ||
| CROM | Clinician Reported Outcome Measure | ||
| CRP | C-Reactive Protein | ||
| CRS | Cancer Registry Systems | ||
| CRS | Care Records Service | ||
| CRS | Commissioner Requested Services | ||
| CRT-D | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator | ||
| CRU | Central Referring Unit (Essex police) | ||
| CRUK | Cancer Research UK | ||
| CS | Cervical Screening | ||
| CS | Citizens' Senate | ||
| CSA | Common Services Agency | ||
| CSAG | Clinical Standards Advisory Group | ||
| CSAP | Children’s Safeguarding Assurance Partnership | ||
| CSC | Cancer Services Cooperative | ||
| CSC | Children’s Social Care | ||
| cSCC | Squamous Cell Carcinoma | ||
| CSCI | Commission for Social Care Inspection | ||
| CSE | Child Sexual Exploitation | ||
| CSF | Cerebrospinal Fluid | ||
| CSF | Commissioner Sustainability Fund | ||
| CSI | Clinical Systems Improvement | ||
| CSIP | Care Services Improvement Partnership | ||
| CSM | Clinical Services Manager | ||
| CSM | Clinical Site Manager | ||
| CSO | Chief Scientific Officer | ||
| CSO | Civil Society Organisation | ||
| CSO | Commissioning Support Organisation | ||
| CSOP | Clinical Standard Operating Procedure | ||
| CSP | Chartered Society of Physiotherapy | ||
| CSP | Community Safety Partnership | ||
| CSP | Community Sports Partnership | ||
| CSQM | Clinical Service Quality Measures | ||
| CSR | Comprehensive Spending Review | ||
| CSS | Commissioning Support Service | ||
| CSS | Cancer Support Specialist | ||
| CSSD | Central Sterile Supplies Department | ||
| CSTR | Community Service Treatment Requirement | ||
| CSU | Catheter Stream Urine Sample | ||
| CSU | Clinical Service Unit | ||
| CSU | Commercial Support Unit | ||
| CSU | Commissioning Support Unit | ||
| CSU | Community Support Unit | ||
| CSV | Comma-Separated Variable. Simple file format for tabular data | ||
| CSW | Cancer Support Worker | ||
| CSY | Cardiac Surgery | ||
| CT | Category Tower | ||
| CT | Computerised Tomography | ||
| CTAP | Clinical Technology Advisory Panel | ||
| CTC | Cardiothoracic Centre | ||
| CTCA | CT Coronary Angiography | ||
| ctDNA | Circulating Tumour DNA | ||
| CTIMP | Clinical Trial of an Investigational Medicinal Product | ||
| CTLD | Community Team for Learning Disabilities | ||
| CTO | Community Treatment Order | ||
| CTO | Comprehensive Treatment Order | ||
| CTO | Compulsory Treatment Order | ||
| CTP | Care Trust Plus | ||
| CTPA | CT Pulmonary Angiography | ||
| CTR | Care and Treatment Review | ||
| CTSA | Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 | ||
| CTSP | Category Tower Service Provider | ||
| CTY | Chemotherapy | ||
| CUH | Cambridge University Hospitals | ||
| CUHP | Cambridge University Health Partners | ||
| CUP | Cancer of Unknown Primary | ||
| CVA | Cerebrovascular Accident | ||
| CVD | Cardiovascular Disease | ||
| CVD-PP | Cardiovascular Disease Primary Prevention | ||
| CVDOS | Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy | ||
| CVO | Community Voluntary Organisation | ||
| CVP | Central Venus Pressure | ||
| CVS | Cardiovascular System | ||
| CVS | Chelmsford Voluntary Services | ||
| CVS | Community Voluntary Service | ||
| CVST | Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis | ||
| CWH | Centre for Women’s Health | ||
| CWP | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership | ||
| CWT | Cancer Waiting Time | ||
| CWW | Chshire, Warrington and Wirral | ||
| CXR | Chest X-Ray | ||
| CY | Current Year | ||
| CYP | Children and Young People | ||
| CYPPN | Children and Young People’s Networks | ||
| CYT | Community Youth Team |
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