Glossary
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- 3SA
B
- BRM
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Black and Racial Minorities
C
- CCO
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Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
- CET
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Community Engagement Team
- CQC
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Care Quality Commission
- CSCI
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Commission for Social Care Inspection
- CSIP
-
Care Services Improvement Partnership
- CVS
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Community and Voluntary Services
- CWG
-
Compact Working Group
- CWP
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Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Mental Health Trust covering all of Cheshire and Wirral.
D
- DME
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Department of Medicine for the Elderly
- DoH
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Department of Health
G
- GMS
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General Medical Services
- GP
-
General Practitioner
H
- HCC
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Healthcare Commission
- HIMP
-
Health Improvement Modernisation Programme
I
- ICAS
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Independent Complaints Advocacy Service
- ISG
-
LINk Interim Steering Group
J
- JSNA
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Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
- JSNA
-
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
L
- LA
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Local Authority
- LAA
-
Local Area Agreement
- LDP
-
Local Delivery Plan
- LGBT
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Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
- LINk
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Local Involvement Network
- LIO
-
Local Infrastructure Organisation
- LIT
-
Local Implementation Team
- LSP
-
Local Strategic Partnership
N
- NAVCA
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National Association for Voluntary and Community Action
Visit the NAVCA website.
- NCI
-
National Centre for Involvement
- NHS
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National Health Service
- NSF
-
National Services Framework
O
- OPP
-
Older People's Parliament
- OSC
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Overview and Scrutiny Committee
- OSC
-
Overview and Scrutiny Committee
P
- PALS
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Patient Advice Liaison Service
- PBC
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Practice Based Commissioning
- PCT
-
Primary Care Trust (NHS Wirral)
- PEC
-
Professional Executive Committee
The 'engine room' of the Primary Care Trust (PCT)
- PMS
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Personal Medical Services
- POPIN
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Promoting Older People's Independence Network
- PPI
-
Patient and Public Involvement
S
- SHA
-
Strategic Health Authority (NHS Northwest)
V
- VCAW
-
Voluntary and Community Action Wirral
- VCFS
-
Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector
W
- WBC
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Wirral Borough Council
- WEF
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Wirral Equality Forum
- WUTHFT
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Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- WVCSN
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Wirral Voluntary & Community Sector Network
Has now been renamed Wirral Third Sector Assembly (3SA)
