| Acronym | Phrase | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| D&A | Drugs and Alcohol | ||
| D&V | Diarrhoea and Vomiting | ||
| D-BIT | Divisionally Based Intervention Team | ||
| DAA | Dementia Action Alliance | ||
| DAA | Disability Awareness in Action | ||
| DAC | Diagnostic and Assessment Centre | ||
| DALLAS | Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles At Scale | ||
| DAMA | Discharge Against Medical Advice | ||
| DAQ | Digital Assessment Questionnaire | ||
| DAR | Dementia Assessment and Referral | ||
| DARE | Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects | ||
| DART | Digitally Assembled Referral Toolkit | ||
| DASH | Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour Based Violence Risk Identification, Assessment and Management | ||
| DASM | Designated Adult Safeguarding Manager | ||
| DASV | Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence | ||
| DAT | Drug Action Team | ||
| DBP | Diastolic Blood Pressure | ||
| DBS | Disclosure and Barring Service | ||
| DBSs | Directly Bookable Services | ||
| DBT | Dialectical Behavioural Therapy | ||
| DCCT | Diabetes Control and Complications Trial | ||
| DCH | Doctor of Surgery | ||
| DCIA | Deep Circumflex Iliac Artery Flap | ||
| DCIS | Ductal Cancer In-Situ | ||
| DCMS | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | ||
| DCO | Designated Clinical Officer | ||
| DCO | Discharge Coordinator | ||
| DCP | Division of Clinical Psychology | ||
| DCPC | Designated Child Protection Coordinator | ||
| DCRS | Data Collection and Reporting Service | ||
| DCRS | Death Certification Review Service | ||
| DCS | Director of Children's Services | ||
| DCU | Day Case Unit | ||
| DDA | Disability Discrimination Act | ||
| DDA | Dispensing Doctors Association | ||
| DDC | Direct Digital Control | ||
| DDC | Digital Diagnostics Capability | ||
| DDR | DNA Damage Repair | ||
| DDRB | Doctors and Dentists (Pay) Review Body | ||
| DEA | Disability Employment Advisor | ||
| DEAG | Disability Equality Action Group | ||
| DEC | Diagnostic Evidence Cooperatives | ||
| DECC | Department of Energy and Climate Change | ||
| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ||
| DEL | Departmental Expenditure Limit | ||
| DEM | Dementia | ||
| DEN | Disabled Essex Network | ||
| DeNDRoN | Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network | ||
| DEO | Digital Engagement Officer | ||
| DEP | Depression | ||
| DERM | Deep Ensemble for the Recognition of Malignancy | ||
| DES | Directed Enhanced Services | ||
| DEXA | Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry | ||
| DFC | Dementia Friendly Community | ||
| DfE | Department for Education | ||
| DFEoL | Dementia, Frailty, End of Life | ||
| DFFP | Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning | ||
| DFG | Disabled Facilities Grant | ||
| DFP | Department of Finance and Personnel | ||
| DFSRH | Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual Reproductive Care | ||
| DfT | Department for Transport | ||
| DFT | Distance from Target | ||
| DGG | Directorate Governance Group | ||
| DGH | District General Hospital | ||
| DGS | Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley | ||
| DH | Drug History | ||
| DH or DoH | Department of Health | ||
| DHR | Domestic Homicide Review | ||
| DHS | Depression-Happiness Scale | ||
| DHSC | Department of Health and Social Care | ||
| DHSS | Department for Health and Social Services | ||
| DHSSPS | Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety | ||
| DIA | Digital Innovation Hub | ||
| DIB | Difficulty in Breathing | ||
| DID | Diagnostic Imaging Department | ||
| DID | Diagnostic Imaging Dataset | ||
| DIHC | Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust Team | ||
| DIPEx | Database of Individual Patient Experiences | ||
| DISCO | Designing Services for Older People | ||
| DISN | Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse | ||
| DISS | Dementia Intensive Support Service | ||
| DIT | Department for International Trade | ||
| DLA | Disability Living Allowance | ||
| DLT | Dose Limiting Toxicity | ||
| DM | Diabetes Mellitus | ||
| DM | Divisional Manager | ||
| DM&D | Dictionary of Medicines and Devices | ||
| DM01 | Diagnostics Waiting Times & Activity | ||
| DMB | Departmental Management Board (Department of Health) | ||
| DMC | Data Monitoring Committee | ||
| DME | Department for Medicine for the Elderly (Addenbrookes) | ||
| DMIP | Disease Management Improvement Partnership | ||
| DMS | Defence Medical Services | ||
| DMS | Discharge Medical System | ||
| DMT | Disease Modifying Therapy | ||
| DN | District Nurse | ||
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid | ||
| DNA | Did Not Attend | ||
| DNACPR | Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | ||
| DNAR | Do Not Attempt Resuscitation | ||
| DNR | Do Not Resuscitate | ||
| DOA | Dead On Arrival | ||
| DOAC | Direct Oral Anticoagulants | ||
| DoB | Date of Birth | ||
| DoF | Director of Finance | ||
| DoH | Department of Health | ||
| DoLS | Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards | ||
| DoS | Directory of Services | ||
| DPA | Data Protection Act | ||
| DPC | Dementia Prevalence Calculator | ||
| DPH | Director of Public Health | ||
| DPHHP | Department for Public Health and Health Professions | ||
| DPIA | Data Protection Impact Assessment | ||
| DPIA | Data Protection Implicit Assent | ||
| DPR | Data Protection Registrar | ||
| DPSS | Direct Payment Support Service | ||
| DPST | Data Protection and Security Tool | ||
| DPYD | Dihydro Pyrimide Dehydrogenase (gene) | ||
| DQ | Data Quality | ||
| Dr | Doctor | ||
| DR | Disaster Recovery | ||
| DRA | Dynamic Risk Assessment | ||
| DRCOG | Diploma of Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists | ||
| DRE | Delivering Race Equality | ||
| DRE | Digital Rectal Examination | ||
| DRF | Doctoral Research Fellowships | ||
| DRG | Diagnosis-Related Group | ||
| DRS | Diabetic Retinopathy Screening | ||
| DRSABC | Danger, Response, Shout, Airways, Breathing, Cardiac Support | ||
| DRT | Demand Responsive Travel | ||
| DS | Discharge Summary | ||
| DSCN | Data Set Change Notice | ||
| DSCRO | Data Service for Commissioners Regional Offices | ||
| DSE | Display Screen Equipment | ||
| DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders | ||
| DSN | Diabetes Specialist Nurse | ||
| DSO | Departmental Strategic Objective | ||
| DsPH | Directors of Public Health | ||
| DSR | Directly Age Standardised Rate | ||
| DSSA | Delivering Same-Sex Accommodation | ||
| DST | Decision Support Tool | ||
| DSTS | Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills | ||
| DSU | Day Surgery Unit | ||
| DSUR | Development Safety Update Report | ||
| DTAC | Digital Technology Assessment Criteria | ||
| DtaP/IPV/Hib | Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio and Haemophilus Influenza Type b | ||
| DTC | Diagnosis and Treatment Centre | ||
| DTOC | Delayed Transfer of Care | ||
| DTT | Decision to Treat | ||
| DV | Domestic Violence | ||
| DVH | Darent Valley Hospital | ||
| DVPO | Domestic Violence Protection Order | ||
| DVT | Deep Vein Thrombosis | ||
| DWP | Department for Work and Pensions | ||
| DX | Diagnosis | ||
| DXA | Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry to measure bone density |
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