Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2005
LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Acronyms
| ACE | Angiotensin Converting Enzyme |
| BBCSHA | Birmingham and Black Country Strategic Health Authority |
| BCFE | Boundary Committee for England |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CAS | Census Area Statistics |
| CDRP | Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership |
| CHaPD | Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division |
| CHD | Coronary Heart Disease |
| CHMRC | Chemical Hazards Management and Research Centre |
| CIS - R | Clinical Interview Schedule - Revised |
| COA | Census Output Area |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| COVER | Coverage of Vaccine Evaluation Rapidly |
| D(A)AT | Drug and Alcohol Action Teams |
| DCMS | Department for Culture Media and Sport |
| DfES | Department for Education and Skills |
| DH | Department of Health |
| DRG | Diagnostic Resource Groups |
| DSR | Directly Standardised Rate |
| EDT | Electronic Data Transfer |
| FFM | Fat Free Mass |
| FHS | Finished Hospital Stays |
| FM | Fat Mass |
| GAD | Governments Actuary';s Department |
| GIS | Geographical Information System |
| GMS | General Medical Services |
| GUM | Genito - Urinary Medicine |
| HES | Hospital Episodes Statistics |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HMSO | Her Majesty's Stationery Office |
| HRG | Healthcare Resource Groups |
| HPA | Health Protection Agency |
| HSCIC | Health and Social Care Information Centre |
| HSE | Health Survey for England |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| IMD | Index of Multiple Deprivation |
| IOTF | International Obesity Task Force |
| JUVOS | Joint Unemployment and Vacancies Operating System cohort |
| LVD | Left Ventricular Dysfunction |
| MC | Metropolitan Council |
| NDTMS | National Drug Treatment Monitoring Service |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NOIDS | Notifications of Infectious Diseases |
| NTA | National Treatment Agency |
| ONS | Office of National Statistics |
| ODPM | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
| OS | Ordnance Survey |
| PbR | Payment by Results |
| PCT | Primary Care Trust |
| PGA | Pan Government Agreement |
| POST | Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology |
| PSA | Public Sector Agreement |
| QOF | Quality Outcomes Framework |
| SASSHA | Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority |
| SHA | Strategic Health Authority |
| SI | Statutory Instrument |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SMR | Standardised Mortality Rate |
| SOA | Super Output Area |
| UKACR | United Kingdom Association of Cancer Registries |
| VFM | Visceral Fat Mass |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| WM | West Midlands |
| WMSS | West Midlands Surveillance System |
| WMSSHA | West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority |
For more information please contact Sarafina
Cotterill
© Department
of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham