ABBREVIATIONS

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DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES

INDEX

CATEGORY / PAGE NUMBER
Professional Titles/ Job Titles / 2
services / agencies / 3
Standard non-clinical Terms / 4
General Clinical terms / 5
Health Visiting and School Nursing / 7
Community and Hospital Occupational Therapy / 8
Community and Hospital Physiotherapy / 9
Speech and Language Therapy / 15
Wheelchair services / 18
Podiatry / 19
C&SH / 19
Medicines Management / 20
Learning Disabilities

If an abbreviation is not included with in this document it must NOT be used.

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Professional Titles/ Job Titles

Full Name/Phrase / Abbreviation
Care Support Worker / CSW
Community Matron / CM
Community Rehabilitation Team / CRT
Community Psychiatric Nurse / CPN
Deputy Nurse Manager / DM
District Nurse / DN
Doctor / Dr
Domiciliary Services Organiser / DSO
General Dental Practitioner / GDP
General Practitioner / GP
Health Care Assistant / HCA
Health visitor / HV
Home Help / HH
Named Nurse / NN
Nursing Assistant/Auxiliary / NA
Nurse Manager / NM
Multidisciplinary team / MDT
Occupational Assistant / OTA
Occupational Therapist / OT
Occupational Therapy Assistant / OTA
Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor / OTTI
Physiotherapist / PT
Physiotherapy Assistant / PTA
Physiotherapy Technical Instructor / PTI
Psychologist / Psych
Registered General Nurse / RGN
Registered nurse Learning disabilities / RNLD
Registered Mental Nurse / RMN
Rehabilitation Support Worker / RSW
Sister / Sr
Social Services / SS
Social Services Care Manager / SSCM
Social Services Occupational Therapist / SSOT
Social Worker / SW
Speech & language therapist / SALT
Speech & language therapist assistant / SLTA
Speech & language Practitioner / SLP
Staff Nurse / SN
Student Nurse / StN
Technical Instructor / TI
Tissue Viability Nurse / TVN
Ward Manager / WM
Ward Sister / WS

Services / agencies

Full Name/Phrase / Abbreviation
Accident and Emergency / A&E
Behavioural Support Service / BSS
ChesterfieldRoyalHospital Foundation Trust / CRHFT
Children’s Emergency Department / CED
Community Learning Disabilities team / CLDT
Community Rehabilitation Team / CRT
DayHospital / Day Hosp
Derby Intermediate Care Services / DerbyICS
DerbyInter-agency Community Equipment Service Nottingham Rehab) / DICES
Derbyshire Social Services / DSS
Derbyshire Wheelchair Service / DWCS
Family Planning Clinic / FPC
Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care / FSRH
Family Planning Association / FPA
Integrated Community Equipment Services / ICES
Intermediate care services / ICS
Intensive care Unit / ICU
Health Centre / H/centre
Learning Disabilities / LD
Looked After Children / LAC
Mental health / MH
Minor Injuries Unit / MIU
Nursing and Midwifery Council / NMC
Older Peoples Mental Health / OPMH
Out Patient Clinic / OPC
Out Patient Department / OPD
Out Patient Appointment / OPA
Paediatrics / Paeds
Private Nursing Home / PNH
Private Residential Home / PRH
Queens Medical Centre / QMC
Rehabilitation / Rehab
RoyalCollege of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists / RCOG
RoyalDerbyHospital / RDH
Stepping HillHospital / SHH
World Health Organisation / WHO

Standard Terms

Full Name/Phrase / Abbreviation
about (concerning) / re
A lot of / ++
And/plus / +
Assessment / Ax
As soon as possible / ASAP
At / @
Afternoon / PM
Appointment / Appt
Centimetre / cm
Complaining of / C/O
Date of Birth / DOB
Department / Dept
Diagnosis / 
Did not Attend / DNA
Discharged / d/c
Discussed with / D/W
Drug History / DH
Family History / FH
For the attention of / FAO
Height / Ht
History / Hx
Hours / Hr
Information / Info
Information Technology / IT
In patient / I/P
Left / Lt
Less than
Millilitre(s) / ml(s)
Millimetre / mm(s)
Millimole(s) / mmol(s)
Minutes / Min
More than
Morning / AM
Negative / -ve
Next Visit / N/V
No abnormality detected / NAD
Not Applicable / N/A
Number of days / /7
Number of weeks / /52
Number of months / /12
Number / No
On Admission / O/A
On Examination / O/E
Out Patient / OP
Past Medical History / PMH
Patient / Pt
Patient Held Record / PHR
Percentage / %
Please Turn Over / PTO
Positive / +ve
Query / ?
Referral / Ref
Regarding / Re:
Right / Rt
Road traffic accident / RTA
Single Assessment Process / SAP
Social history / SH
Telephone Number / Tel No.
Times / x
To Come In / TCI
Toilet / WC
Treatment / Rx
Weight / Wt
Year / Yr

General Clinical Terms

Full Name/Phrase / Abbreviation
Abdomen/Abdominal / abdo
Abdominal x-ray / AXR
Above Knee Amputation / AKA
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome / AIDS
Ankle Brachial Pressure Index / ABPI
Atrial fibrillation / AF
Below Knee Amputation / BKA
Bilateral / Bilat
Biopsy / Bx
Blood pressure / BP
Body Mass Index / BMI
Bowels opened / BO
Cancer/Carcinoma / Ca
Cardiovascular system / CVS
Cat scan / C.T.
Central nervous system / CNS
Central venous pressure / CVP
Cerebro spinal fluid / CSF
Cervix / CX
Chest Infection / Chest Inf
Chest xray / CXR
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / COPD
Congestive cardiac failure / CCF
Coronary heart disease / CHD
Culture & sensitivity / C & S
Deep Vein Thrombosis / DVT
Diarrhoea & vomiting / D&V
Ear Nose & Throat / ENT
Electrocardiograph/Electrocardiogram / ECG
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate / ESR
Faecal occult blood / FOB
Fasting blood sugar / FBS
Fracture / #
Full blood count / FBC
Gastro intestinal / GI
General anaesthetic / GA
Glucose tolerance test / GTT
Glyceryl trinitrate / GTN
Haemoglobin / Hb
Haemophilus Influenzae ‘B’ Vaccine / Hib
Hormone replacement therapy / HRT
Human immunodeficiency virus / HIV
Injection / Inj
Intravenous / IV
Intravenous Pyelogram / IVP
Intra Muscular / IM
Iron / Fe
Ischaemic heart disease / IHD
Last Menstrual Period / LMP
Left ventricle / LV
Left ventricular failure / LVF
Liver function tests / LFT
Local Anaesthetic / LA
Lower Respiratory Tract Infection / LRTI
Magnetic resonance imaging / MRI
Mean cell volume / MCV
Metastases / mets
Midstream Specimen of urine / MSU
Motor Neurone Disease / MND
Multiple Sclerosis / MS
Multi or methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureas / MRSA
Myocardial infarct / MI
Nasogastric / NG
Non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory drug(s) / NSAID(s)
Non Weight Bearing / NWB
Osteoarthritis / OA
Oxygen / O2
Parkinson’s Disease / PD
Passed urine / PU
Peak Expiratory Flow Reading / PEFR
Perching Stool / P/Stool
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy / PEG
Per rectum / PR
Per vagina/Per vaginam / PV
Plaster of Paris / POP
Post-operatively / Post op
Pre-operatively / Pre-op
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy / PSP
Pulmonary Embolism / PE
Red blood cells / RBC
Rheumatoid Arthritis / RA
Right iliac fossa / RIF
Short of breath (on exertion) / SOB(OE)
Subcutaneous / SC
Temperature / Temp
Temperature, pulse & respiration / TPR
Through Knee Amputation / TKA
Thyroid function test / TFT
Total Hip Replacement / THR
Total Knee replacement / TKR
Trial Without Catheter / TWOC
Transient Ischaemic attack / TIA
Transurethral prostatectomy / TURP
Tuberculosis / TB
Ultrasound / US
Upper respiratory tract infection / URTI
Urea & electrolytes / U & E
Urinary tract infection / UTI
Ventricular fibrillation / VF
Venous Thomboembolism / VTE
Wheelchair / W/Ch
Wheeled Zimmer Frame / WZF
White blood cells / WBC
With the assistance of one person / +1
With the assistance of two people / +2
X Ray / XR
Zimmer Frame / ZF

HEALTH VISITING & SCHOOL NURSING

Full Name/Phrase / Abbreviation
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder / A.D.H.D.
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccine / BCG
Child Health Clinic / CHC
Child Health Record / CHR
Children in Care / CinC
Denver Development Screening Test / DDST
Designated Nurse / DES NUR
Diphtheria and Tetanus Immunisation / Dip Tet
Diphtheria, Pentossis, Tetanus/polio Immunisation / DPT
Expected date of delivery / EDD
Family Resource Worker / FRW
Haemophilias Influenza ‘B’ vaccine / HIB
Head circumference / HC
Health Assessment / HA
Health Care Plan / HCP
Immunisation / IMMS
Local Education Authority / LEA
Low birth weight / LBW
Measles, Mumps, Rubella Immunisation / MMR
Multi Agency Support Team / MAST
Phenylketonuria / PKU
School Nurse / SN
Small for dates / SFD
Small for gestational age / SFGA
Young Person / YP

Community and Hospital Occupational Therapy

Full Name/Phrase / Abbreviation
Activities of Daily Living / ADL
Ankle/Foot Orthosis / AFO
Chessington Occupational Therapy Neurological Assessment Battery / COTNAB
Clifton Assessment Procedures for the Elderly / CAPE
Domestic Activities of DailyLiving / DADL
Electrically Powered Indoor Wheelchair / EPIC
Electrically Powered Indoor/Outdoor Wheelchair / EPIOC
Free Standing Toilet Frame / FSTF
Geriatric Depression Score / GDS
History of Patient Condition / HPC
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale / HADS
Inter-Agency Community Equipment Services / ICES
Kitchen Practice / KP
Long handled Shoe Horn / LHSH
Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State / MEAMS
Mini-MentalState Examination / MMSE
Personal Activities of Daily Living / PADL
Raised Toilet Seat / RTS
Rivermeade Behavioural memory Test / RBMT
Rivermeade Perceptual Assessment Battery / RPAB
Short Term Memory / STM
Elbow Crutches / EC
Home Assessment / HA
Independent / Indep
Meals On Wheels / MOW
Non Weight Bearing / NWB
Partial weight bearing / PWB
Raised toilet seat / RTS
Touch Weight Bearing / TWB
Walking Frame / W Frame
Walking Stick / WS

Community and Hospital Physiotherapy Therapy

FULLNAME/PHRASE / ABBREVIATION
Grade A Mobilisation-Passive, Active or reactive/assisted mobility / ‘A’
Grade B – Stretch applied at end of range / ‘B’
Grade C manipulation- Passive Movement performed at end of / ‘C’
Four point kneeling / 4PK
Active assisted / AA
Abduction About / Abd
Acromio clavicular joint / AC Jt.
Active cycle of breathing techniques / ACBT
Acupuncture / Acup
Adduction / Add
Aids to daily living / AsDL
Ankle Foot Orthoses / AFO
Ankle Jerk / AJ
Anterior Knee Pain / AKP
Anterior-Posterior mobilisation / AP
ActiveRange of Movement / AROM
Better / B
Base of support / B.O.S
Bladder and Bowels / B/B
Bladder meridian (acupuncture) / B/Bl
Bilateral / Bilat
Biceps Jerk / BJ
Bent Knee fall out / BKFO
Bent knee fall out/in / BKFO/I
Benign Postural Paroxysmal Vertigo / BPPV
Brachial Plexus Tension Test / BPTT
Breathing exercises / Br.Exs.
Backwards / Bwds
compared with / c.f.
Cervical Spine / C.Sp
Cough & sneezes / C/S
Cancer/carcinoma / Ca
Caudad / Caud
Chair based Exercises / CBE
Congestive Cardiac failure / CCF
Continuous Cervical Traction / CCT
Cervical Extension / CE
Cephaladad / Ceph
Cystic Fibrosis / CF
Curved Gliding / CG
Cogenital hip dislocation / CHD
Closed Kinetic Chain / CKC
Contralateral / CL
Continuous Lumbar Traction / CLT
ColonMeridian / Co
Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease / COAD
Centre of gravity / COG
Community Physiotherapy / Comm.Physio
Compression / Comp
consultant / Cons
Continuous / Cont
Contraindications / Contr
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / COPD
Capsular pattern / CP
Compensatory Relative Flexibility / CRF
Crook Sitting / Crk.Sit
Cervical Spondylosis / CS
Conception Vessel / CV
Cardiovascular System / CVS
Cervical Spine / Cx
Discuss with / D/W
Depression / De
Dorsiflexion / DF
Dynamic Hip screw / DHS
Distruction / Dist
Disease / Dse
Direction Susceptible to Movement / DSM
Du vessel / Du
External lateral Rotation / E.R.
Extension / E/Ext
Extension in Lying / EIL
Extension in Standing / EIS
Elevation / El
End of range / EOR
Examination Under Anaesthetic / EUA
Eversion / EV
Exercises / Exs
Forced Expiratory Tecnique / FET
Forward Head Posture / FHP
Flexion in Lying / FIL
Flexion in Standing / FIS
Flexion / Flex
Femoral nerve Stretch / FNS
Full range of Movement / FROM
Full Weight Bearing / FWB
Forward Flexion / Fwd.flex.
Forwards / Fwds
Gall Bladder Meridian / GB
Grades of mobilisation, manipulation / Gd A, B, C
Gluteals / Glut’s
Governor Vessels / GV
Heart meridian / H
Hand Behind back / HBB
Hand Behind Head / HBH
High Blood Pressure / HBP
Horizontal Extension / HE
Home Exercise Programme/Home Ex prog / HEP
Home Exercise Regime / HER
Horizontal Flexion / HF
History of Presenting Complaint / HPC
Huffing / Huff
Hertz / Hz
Mobilisation Grades I.R. = Internal/Medial Rotation / I, II, III, IV
Informed Consent Obtained / ICO
Interferential / IFT or I/F
Ipsilateral / IL
Independent / Indep
Integral Neuromuscular Inhibition Technique / INIT
Inversion / INV
Inter phalangeal joint / IP Jt
Inpatient / IP
Inner range Hip Flexion / IRHF
Inner range quads / IRQ
In Status quo / ISQ
Ileo Tibial band / ITB
Intermittent Variable Cervical Traction / IVCT
Intermittent Variable Lumbar Traction / IVLT
Joint Specific Examination / JSE
Joint / Jt
Kidney Meridian / K
Ken or conception vessel / Ken/CV
Knee Exercise programme / KEP
Knee Jerk reflex / KJR
Knee / Kn
Lumber Spine / L.Sp/
Lateral / Lat
Low back pain / LBP
Lateral Flexion / LF
Low Friction Arthroplasty / LFA
Low Function Test / Low FT
Large Intestine Meridian / LI
Liver meridian / Li
Lower Limb / LL
Leg Length Discrepancy structural functional / LLD
Left lateral Flex / LLF
Lower Limb Tension Tests / LLTT
Longitudinal Movement / LM
Left rotation / LR
Left Side Flexion / LSF
Longitudinal/traction / LT
Lung Meridian / Lu
Massage / Mass
Metacarpal / MC
Metacarpophalangeal / MCP
Maximum close packed position / MCPP
Medial / Med
Muscular energy technique
  1. Method I with isometric contraction and stretch
  2. Method II with isolytic MET
/ MET
Myofascial release / MFR
Megahertz / MHz
Mobilisation / Mobs
Mobs of the Nervous System / MOTNS
Movement / Movt
Megaplus / MP
Manual resistance technique / MRT
Multi Systems Atrophy / MSA
Movement system balance / MSB
Metatarsal / MT
Mid Thigh Amputation / MTA
Manipulation under anaesthetic / MUA
Lumbar multifidus / Multif
Mobilisation with Movement / MWM
Movement system balance / MSB
No abnormal effects / NAE
Natural Apophyseal Glide / NAG
No abnormality seen (re x-rays) / NAS
No better / NB
No effect / NE
Neuromuscular Stimulation / NMS
Neck of femur / NOF
New Patient / NP
No worse / NW
Objective / O
Overpressure / Over P
Open Kinetic Chain / OKC
Operation / Op
Open reduction internal fixation / ORIF
Postural Drainage / PD
Pericardium Meridian (acupuncture) / P
Pins and Needles (Parathesia) / P+N
Prepositioned in 1 dimension / P1PG
Prepositioned in 1 planes / P1PT
Prepositioned in 2 dimensions / P2PG
Prepositioned in 2 planes / P2PT
Prepositioned in 3 dimensions / P3PG
Prepositioned in 3 planes / P3PT
Posterior-Anterior mobilisation / PA
Passive / Pass
Passive Accessory Intervertebral Movement / PAIVM
Palpation / Palp
Pressure Biofeedback Unit / PBU
Prepositioned Curved Gliding / PCG
Proprioceptive reeducation technique / PCT
Percussion / Perc
Planterflexion / PF
Pelvis Floor Exercises / PFE’s
Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc / PID
Prone Knee Bend / PKB
Passive Neck Flexion / PNF
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation / PNF
Prone on elbows / POE
Prepositioned Gliding / PPG
Passive Physiological Intervertebral Movement / PPIVM
Prepositioned Traction / PPT
Protraction / Pr
Prone Lying / Prly
Produced / Prod
PassiveRange of Movement / PROM
Pronation / Pron
Pulsed Short Wave Diathermy / PSWD
Peripheral Vascular Disease / PVD
Partial Weight Bearing / PWB
Quadriceps / Quads
Resisted / R
Radial Deviation / R.D.
Repeated Extension in Lying / REIL
Repeated Extension in Sitting / REIS
Repeated retractions / Rep Ret
Retraction / Retn
Repeated flexion in lying / RFIL
Repeated flexion in standing / RFIS
Reciprocal inhibition / RI
Right lateral flex / RLF
Reason for no further visit / RNFV
Range of Movement / ROM
Rotation in flexion / Rot in flex
Rotation / Rotn
Resting Position/Maximal Loose Packed Position / RP
Resting Position Gliding / RPG
Resting Position Traction / RPT
Right rotation / RR
Right Side Flexion / RSF
Right Side Injury / RSI
Sacral / S
Soft Tissue / S.T.
Strain counter strain / S/CS
Side Flexion / Sd. flex
Side Lying / Sd. ly
Slide glide  (R)  (L) / SG (R)(L)
Side glide in standing / SGIS
Social History / SH
Shoulder / Sh/Shldr
Small Intestine Meridian / SI
Sacroiliac Joint / SIJ
Transferring both ways / Sitt / st.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosis / SLE
Straight Leg Raise / SLR
Spinal Mobilisation with Arm Movements / SMWAM
Spinal mobilisation with leg movements / SMWLM
Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glide / SNAG
Short of Breath at Rest / SOBAR
Spine / Sp
Spleen meridian (acupuncture) / SPM
Static Quads Contraction / SQC
Specific soft tissue mobilisation / SSTM
Supination / Sup
Thoracic / T
Transverse / T/v
Tendo-achilles / TA
Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation / TENS
Tensor fascia latae / TFL
Transverse Friction Massage / TFM
Transverse Frictional Massage / TFM
Triple Heater Meridian (acupuncture) / TH
Thoracic Spine / Th.Sp
Thoracic Spine / Thx
Triceps Jerk / TJ
Tenderness on Palpation / TOP
Tender Point / TP
Trigger Points / TP’s
Transfer / Trans.
Transference / Transf
Transversus abdominis / Tv abs
Ulner Deviation / UD
Upper Limb / UL
Upper Limb Tension Test (ULTT1, ULTT2 etc) / ULTT
Unable to Tolerate / UTT
Watts per centimetre squared / W/cm
Whiplash Association Disorder / WAD
Weight Bearing / WB
Within Normal Limits / WNL’S

Speech and Language Therapy

FULL NAME/PHRASE / ABBREVIATION
Adult Learning Disability / ALD
Articulation / Artic
Assessment of Comprehension and Expression / ACE
Augmentative and alternative communication / AAC
Autistic spectrum disorder / ASD
British Picture Vocabulary Scales / BPVS
Cerebral Palsy / CP
Challenging behaviour / CB
Chronological age / CA
Class teacher / CT
Cleft Lip and Palate / CL and P
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals / CELF
Clinical Linguistics Education Assessment and Resources / CLEAR
Cognitive / Cog
Communication / Commn
Community learning Disabilities Team / CLDT/CTLD
Comprehension / Comp
Delayed language / Del Lang
Derby Aphasis self help / DASH
Derby Laryngectomy Club / DLC
Derbyshire language scheme detailed test of comprehension / DLS DTC
Derbyshire language scheme, rapid screening test / DLS RST
Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology / DEAP
East Kent Outcome System / EKOS
Eating and Drinking / E&D
Edinburgh Articulation Test / EAT
Educational psychologist / Ed
English as an additional language / EAL
English as a second language / E2L
Expression / Exp/expn
Head Injury / HdI
Head teacher / HT
Health Action Plan / HAP
Hearing impairment / HI
Initial Assessment / IA
Kids In Their Environment team / KITE team
Language / Lang
Language Assessment Remediation and Screening procedure / LARSP
Larynx / Lnx
Minimal pairs / Min pairs
Moderate learning disability / MLD
Phonology/phonological / Phon
Picture exchange communication system / PECS
Pictures / Pic/pix
Preverbal communication schedule / PVCS
Primary Support Teacher / PST
Profound Multiple Learning Difficulties / PSP
Radiological Inserted Gastrostomy / RIG
Renfrew Action Picture Test / RAPT
Review / Rev or r/v
Reynell Developmental Language Scales / RDLS
Sentence comprehension test / SCT
Severe learning difficulty / SLD
Signs and symbols / S&S
South Tyneside Assessment of Phonology / STAP
South Tyneside Assessment of Syntactic Structures / STASS
Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator / SENCO
Special hearing clinic / SHC
Specific Language Impairment / SLI
Speech / Sp
Swallowing / sw
Syntax / Synt
Teacher of the deaf / T of D
Teaspoon / Tsp
Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language / TACL
Test for Reception of Grammar / TROG
Therapist / Θst
Therapy / Θpy
Videofluoroscopy / V/f
Vocabulary / Voc
Vocal cords / V cords
Word Finding Difficulties / WFD

Wheelchair services