Glossary

A

• A&E

  Accident and Emergency department

• ACE

  Anglian Community Enterprise (no longer active)

• ACPC

  Area Child Protection Committee

• Acute

  Short-term hospital care for serious illness or injury

• Acute Rapid Onset

  Severe symptoms and brief duration

• ADHD

  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• Advocacy

  Support to help someone express their views and rights

• AH

  Aspen House

• AHP

  Allied Health Professional (e.g. physiotherapists, occupational therapists)

• Alliance (ICS)

  Partnership bringing health and care organisations together

• AMHP

  Approved Mental Health Professional

• AQP

  Any Qualified Provider

• ASD

  Autism Spectrum Disorder

• ASW

  Approved Social Workers. Assertive Outreach – Proactive support to help people stay engaged with services

B

• BAME

  Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic

• BCYP/BCYPM

  Babies, Children, Young People (and Maternity and Neonatal System)

• BDC

  Babergh District Council or Broadland District Council or Breckland District Council (context-dependent)

• BMA

  British Medical Association

• BMI

  Body Mass Index

• BSL

  British Sign Language

C

• C360

  Community 360

• Caldicott Guardian

  Each NHS organisation has a nominated ‘Caldicott Guardian’ responsible for ensuring the Trust complies with the Caldicott principles. These aim to ensure the protection of patient’s right to privacy, dignity and confidentiality

• CAMHS

  Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

• Care Pathway

  The journey a patient takes through services

• CAS

  Community Action Suffolk

• CC2H

  Care Closer to Home

• CCG

  Clinical Commissioning Group (replaced by Integrated Care Boards in 2022)

• CHC

  Continuing Healthcare

• CHUFT

  Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust (outdated; now ESNEFT)

• CPR

  Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

• CQC

  Care Quality Commission (health and care regulator)

• CVD

  Cardiovascular Disease

• CVST

  Community Voluntary Service Tendring

D

• DNAR

  Do Not Attempt Resuscitation

• DToC

  Delayed Transfer of Care (when discharge is delayed)

E

• ECC

  Essex County Council or Exceptional Clinical Case (context-dependent)

• ED

  Emergency Department.

• EEAST

  East of England Ambulance Service Trust

• EH

  Endeavour House

• Elective Surgery

  Planned, non-emergency treatment

• EoE

  East of England

• EPR

  Electronic Patient Record

• EPUT

  Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

• ESAB

  Essex Safeguarding Adults Board

• ESCB

  Essex Safeguarding Children Board

• ESDC

  East Suffolk District Council

• ESNEFT

  East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

F

• FOI

  Freedom of Information

G

• GMC

  General Medical Council (doctor regulator)

• GMS

  General Medical Services (type of GP contract)

• GP

  General Practitioner (local doctor)

H

• HCA

  Healthcare Assistant

• HWB

  Health and Wellbeing Board

I

• IAPT

  Improving Access to Psychological Therapies

• IBC

  Ipswich Borough Council

• ICAS

  Independent Complaints Advocacy Service

• ICB

  Integrated Care Board (plans and funds NHS services)

• ICP

  Integrated Care Partnership (sets local health strategy)

• ICS

  Integrated Care System (partnership of NHS, councils and others)

• ICU / ITU

  Intensive Care Unit / Intensive Therapy Unit

• IES

  Ipswich and East Suffolk

• IESHWBA

  Ipswich and East Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Alliance

J

• JPUH

  James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• JSNA

  Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

K

• KPI

  Key Performance Indicator

L

• LD

  Learning Disabilities

• LPS

  Liberty Protection Safeguards

M

• MDT

  Multidisciplinary Team

• MRI

  Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• MSDC

  Mid Suffolk District Council

N

• NCC

  Norfolk County Council or Norwich City Council (context dependent)

• NCH&C

  Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

• NEE

  North East Essex

• NEEHWBA

  North East Essex Health and Wellbeing Alliance

• NHS

  National Health Service

• NICE

  National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

• NNDC

  North Norfolk District Council

• NNUH

  Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• NSFT

  Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

• NSICB

  NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board

• NWICB

  NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (dissolved in April 2026)

O

• OPD

  Outpatients Department

P

• PAH

  Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

• PALS

  Patient Advice and Liaison Service

• PCN

  Primary Care Network

• PHE

  Public Health England (now functions split across new bodies)

Q

• QEH

  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

R

• RCA

  Root Cause Analysis

S

• SCC

  Suffolk County Council

• SDAU

  Same Day Admission Unit

• SITREP

  Situation Report

• SNEE ICB

  NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (dissolved in April 2026)

• SNEE ICP

  NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Partnership

• SNEE ICS

  NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System

• Social care

  Support with daily living needs

T

• TDC

  Tendring District Council

• TIA

  Transient Ischaemic Attack (“mini-stroke”)

U

• UEA

  University of East Anglia

• UEC

  Urgent and Emergency Care

• UoE

  University of Essex

• UoS

  University of Suffolk

• UTC

  Urgent Treatment Centre

V

• VCFSE

  Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise sector

W

• Ward Manager

  Senior nurse managing a hospital ward

• WHO

  World Health Organization

• WS

  West Suffolk

• WSFT

  West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

• WSH

  West Suffolk House

• WSHWBA

  West Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Alliance

X

Y

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