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Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with C.
C.Psychol.
Chartered Psychologist.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CA.
CA.
Challenging Arthritis or Clinical Audit.
CAB.
Citizens Advice Bureau.
CABG.
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft.
CADO.
Chief Administrative Dental Officer.
CAF.
Charities Aid Foundation.
CAIPE.
Centre For Advancement Of Interprofessional Education.
Caldicott Guardian.
Named NHS officer responsible for delivering and implementing the recommendations of the Caldicott report, which examined NHS confidentiality and patient information systems.
CAM.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
CAMH.
Child and adolescent mental health.
CAMHS.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
CAMO.
Chief Administrative Medical Officer.
CAMRN.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Researcher Network.
Cancer.
A disease that is caused by the rapid multiplication of abnormal cells in any part of the body.
CANO.
Chief Area Nursing Officer.
CAP.
Common Agricultural Policy (Of The European Union).
CAPO.
Chief Administrative Pharmaceutical Officer.
Cardiac.
To do with the heart.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
Life saving technique involving heart massage and mouthtomouth breathing.
Cardiovascular.
Relates to the circulatory system, comprising of the heart and two other networks of blood vessels, which work together to transport nutrients and oxygen to the tissues and the removal of waste products.
Cardiovascular Disease.
Any disease of the circulatory system.
Care Management.
The system within Social Services for coordinating the assessment, care planning and delivery of services to meet a person's need.
Care Programme Approach (CPA).
Co-ordinated care for people who use specialist mental health services.
Carer.
A person who provides personal care on a regular basis to another person who is e.g. Frail, disabled or has a mental health problem.
CARM.
Creative Arts Retreat Movement.
Carrier.
A healthy individual who has both a normal and an abnormal copy of a pair of genes for a genetic disorder or characterstic A carrier of a gene for a recessive disorder will usually remain unaffected throughout life.
Case Control Studies.
Retrospective studies that start with the identification of persons with a disease of interest and a control (comparison, referent) group without the disease.
Case Study.
In depth analysis and systematic description of one patient or group of similar patients to promote a detailed understanding of their circumstances.
CASP.
Critical Appraisal Skills Programme.
CASPE.
Clinical Accountability Service Planning And Evaluation Specialist Healthcare Training Group.
CAT.
Critically Appraised Topic or Cognitive Analytic Therapy.
CATT
Crisis Assessment and Treament Team
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CB.
CBT.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CC.
CCDC.
Consultant In Communicable Disease Control.
CCE.
Completed Consultant Episode.
CCEPP.
Cochrane Collaboration On Effective Professional Practice.
CCETSW.
Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.
CCP.
Community Care Plans.
CCPE.
Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education.
CCSC.
Central Consultants And Specialists Committee.
CCST.
Certificate Of Completion Of Specialist Training.
CCT.
Compulsory Competitive Tendency.
CCU.
Coronary Care Unit. Dedicated Unit For Specialist Coronary Care.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CD.
CD.
Clinical Director Or Directorate.
CDAT
Community Drug & Alcohol Team
CDDS.
Council Of Dental Deans.
CDM.
Chronic Disease Management.
CDO.
Chief Dental Officer.
CDSC.
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre.
CDSM.
Committee On Dental And Surgical Methods.
CDSMP.
Chronic Disease Self-Management Programme.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CE.
CE
Clinical Effectiveness
Cert.
Certificate.
CERT HSM.
Certificate In Health Services Management.
CERT.GEN.AV.MED.
Certificate Of General Aviation Medicine.
CERT.UN.MED(RN).
Certificate Of Underwater Medicine Of The Royal Navy.
Cervical Smear.
A test performed to check for abnormal changes to the cells on the cervix.
Cell.
The basic structural unit of all living organisms The cell is surrounded by a membrane Inside the cell is a structure called the nucleus The nucleus contains DNA arranged into chromosomes.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CF.
CFS.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CG.
CG.
Clinical Governance.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CH.
CHB.
Chirurgiae Baccalauareus (Bachelor Of Surgery).
CHC.
Community Health Council.
CHD.
Coronary Heart Disease.
CHDGP.
Connection Of Health Data And General Practice.
Chemotherapy.
The treatment of cancer by drugs to completely eradicate the disease or stop it from spreading.
CHI.
Commission For Health Improvement.
CHIC.
Child Health Informatics Consortium.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
Specialist mental health services provided to young people aged under 18.
Child Protection Act 1989.
Brings together in a single legislative framework the private and public law relating to children.
Child Protection Register.
Maintained by Social Services to monitor children "at risk" under the Children Act 1989.
CHIME.
Centre For Health Informatics In Medical Education.
CHIQ.
Centre For Health Information Quality.
Chlamydia.
A bacteria, strains of which are a common cause of sexually transmitted infections. If left untreated, it can lead to infertility.
CHM.
Chirurgiae Magister (Master Of Surgery).
CHMS.
Council For Heads Of Medical Schools.
CHMU.
Central Health Monitoring Unit.
Cholesterol.
A steroid that is classified as a lipid that is a constituent of all animal cells. High blood cholesterol levels increases the likelihood of cardiovascular disease.
CHOU.
Central Health Outcomes Unit.
CHP(NC).
Certificate in Hypno-Psychotherapy (National College).
CHS.
Child Health Surveillance.
Chromosomes.
Sausage-shaped bundles in the cell nucleus, made of a very long thin strand of the chemical molecule DNA, coiled upon itself many times Humans have 46 chromosomes, (23 pairs) in most cells of their bodies The sex cells, (the unfertilised egg and sperm) contain only 23 unpaired chromosomes each Fertilization of a 23-chromosome egg by a 23-chromosome sperm produces a new 46-chromosome cell, which grows into a new individual In this way, one half of each chromosome pair is inherited from each parent.
Chronic.
Slow or long-lasting, the opposite of acute.
Chronic Disease.
A long-term illness or condition.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
A history of chronic progressive symptoms of coughing, wheezing or breathlessness caused by an obstruction in the airways that does not return to normal with treatment.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CI.
CIC.
Common Information Core.
CIMA.
Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants.
CIPFA.
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountability.
Cipralex
Medication classed as an SSRI (Specific Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitor) and are commonly prescribed as antidepressants.
Cipramil
Medication classed as an SSRI (Specific Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitor) and are commonly prescribed as antidepressants.
CIR.
Critical Incident Review.
Circulation.
The movement of blood around the body, via veins and arteries.
Circulatory Disease.
Any disease affecting the heart or blood vessels.
CIS.
Client Information System.
CISB.
Clinical Information Standards Board.
CISCOM.
Centralised Information Service for Complementary Medicine.
Citalopram
Medication classed as an SSRI (Specific Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitor) and are commonly prescribed as antidepressants.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CJ.
CJD.
Creutztfeldjacob Disease.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CK.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CL.
CLIB.
Cochrane Library.
Climacteric.
The years of the menopause, starting with the perimenopause. Typically when you start experiencing menopausal symptoms.
CLIMP.
Clinical Information Management Programme.
Clinical Assistant.
A doctor in a non-training hospital post who works on a part-time basis. A clinical assistant does not need specialist accreditation, and works under the supervision of a consultant.
Clinical Audit.
Continuous process of assessment, evaluation and adjustment of practice by doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
Clinical Effectiveness.
Term used in health care to describe an intervention that does more good than harm.
Clinical Governance (CG).
Initiative introduced in the White Paper, New NHS: Modern:Dependable to assure and improve clinical standards at local level throughout the NHS. This includes action to ensure that risks are avoided, that adverse events are rapidly detected, openly invest.
Clinical Guidelines.
Clinical guidelines are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about the provision of appropriate health care in specific clinical circumstances.
Clinical Practice.
The agreed means of delivering health care by doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
Clinical Psychology.
The assessment and treatment of behavioural and other mental health problems, usually as part of a multiprofessional team, for example, including doctors, nurses and social care staff.
Clinical Tutors.
Doctors who oversee the organisational aspects of postgraduate professional learning. Each health district usually has a clinical tutor for hospital doctors and one for GPs.
Clinician.
A health professional who is directly involved in the care and treatment of patients, for example nurses, doctors, therapists, midwives.
CLS.
Community Legal Service.
CLSP.
Community Legal Service Partnerships.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CM.
CM.
Community Midwife or Care Management.
CMB.
Central Midwives Board.
CME.
Continuing Medical Education.
CMHN.
Community Mental Health Nurse.
CMHT.
Community Mental Health Team.
CMMS.
Case Mix Management System.
CMO.
Chief Medical Officer/Clinical Medical Officer.
CMP.
Civilian Medical Practitioner.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CN.
CN.
Charge Nurse.
CNO.
Chief Nursing Officer.
CNS.
Clinical Nurse Specialist.
CNST.
Clinical Negligence Scheme For Trusts.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CO.
Co-Morbidity.
Term used to signify multiple illness.
COGPED.
Committee Of General Practice Education Directors.
COH.
College Of Health.
Cohort Studies.
Cohort studies, also called follow-up or incidence studies, begin with a group of people (a cohort) free of disease, who are classified into subgroups according to exposure to a potential cause of disease or outcome.
Colitis.
Inflammation of the colon.
Collagen.
A fibrous protein that gives strength and elasticity to skin, bones, cartiliage and connective tissues.
Colon.
Large intestine, (bowel).
Colorectal Cancer.
Cancer of the colon and/or rectum, commonly known as bowel cancer, it is the second most common form of cancer in the UK.
Commission For Health Improvement (CHI).
A national statutory organisation which monitors and supports quality control in the NHS. It will act separately from the Government to ensure that local monitoring of services occurs, and is effective. It will have the power to check on local arrangement.
Communicable Disease Control.
Programs of surveillance designed to prevent the transmission of disease by any means from person to person or from animal to man.
Community Based Health Services.
Services provided outside of a hospital setting, usually in clinics, surgeries or in the patient's own home.
Community Care.
The help and support required to enable people to live independently in their own homes, or in housing facilities in the community. Involves health and social services and other local authority services working together.
Community Care Plans (CCP).
The interagency plans for the provision and delivery of Community Care.
Community Development Strategies.
Designed to stimulate social and economic well being, promote inclusion and combat disadvantage in local communities.
Community Health Council.
An independent statutory NHS body, composed of local people, set up to represent the interests and views of patients, carers and the public. Community Health Councils will soon be phased out to be replaced by Patient Advisory and Liaison Services.
Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).
A team of health and social services professionals working together to provide services to those with a mental illness.
Community Nurses.
A collective term for nursing professionals, including practice nurses, district nurses, health visitors and school nurses.
Community Pharmacists.
Independent health professionals, commonly known as 'chemists' providing services for the dispensing of prescriptions together with advice on treating common illnesses, sale of non prescription medicines and other ancillary goods and services.
Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN).
A nurse who works in the community seeing patients with psychiatric problems both at home and in clinics, normally as a member of a community health team.
Congenital.
Present at birth, or soon afterwards.
Consultant.
An accredited specialist at the top of the career ladder.
Content Analysis.
Form of data analysis in which the data is searched for the meanings or themes held within it. The researcher develops brief descriptions of the themes or meanings, called codes.
Continence Services.
Services for people with incontinence – i.e. The involuntary passing of urine causing wetting.
Continuing Care.
A general term used to describe a range of health and social care for patients with longer term illness, for example, older people, adults who are disabled or people with dementia.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Affects members of professions whose institutes control qualifications and practice registration. Most now apply systems of CPD which require members of that profession to show proof that their skills and knowledge are being updated and maintained.
Continuous - Combined Hrt.
A form of HRT where you take both oestrogen and progesterone.
Contra - Indications.
The reasons for not using a particular treatment, usually because it will be made worse.
Control Group.
In experimental research, those individuals who are not subjected to the treatment, procedures or conditions being tested, but who resemble members of the experimental group in all other respects.
Controls Assurance Statements.
Statements regarding compliance on management of non-clinical roles which Boards of Trusts and Health Authorities are required to sign.
Controls Risk Assurance.
The systematic approach to assessing and managing business organisational risks.
COPC.
Community Oriented Primary Care.
COPD.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
COPDEND.
Conference Of Postgraduate Dental Deans.
COPE.
Committee On Publication Ethics.
COPMED.
Conference Of Postgraduate Medical Deans.
Core Risk Assessors.
Individuals within an organisation responsible for identifying and assessing risks.
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD).
Disease of the blood vessels surrounding the heart. Main risk factors for developing CHD are high blood pressure, smoking and high blood cholesterol levels. All of these risk factors can be improved by changes in lifestyle and related medical treatments.
Corporate Governance.
The system by which organisations are directed, accountable and managed.
Correlation.
In statistics, most generally, the degree to which one phenomenon or random variable is associated with, or can be predicted from, another.
Correlation Coefficient.
Statistical technique used to measure strength of linear association between two variables i.e. Closeness with which points lie along the regression line.
COSHH.
Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health.
Cortical Bone.
The hard outer layer of the bone.
Coverage Of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly (COVER).
Data collection undertaken by the Public Health Laboratory Service, the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre and the Department of Health.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CP.
CP
Care Plan
CPA.
Care Programme Approach.
CPAA.
Care Programme Approach Association.
CPC.
Cost Per Case.
CPD.
Continuing Professional Development.
CPEP.
Clinical Practice Evaluation Programme.
CPH.
Certificate In Public Health.
CPHAG.
Child Protection Health Advisory Group.
CPHL.
Central Public Health Library.
CPN.
Community Psychiatric Nurse.
CPNA.
Community Psychiatric Nurses Association.
CPO.
Chief Pharmaceutical Officer.
CPR.
Child Protection Register Or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
CPSM.
Councils For The Professions Supplementary To Medicine.
CPsychol.
Chartered Psychologist.
CPT.
Child Protection Team.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CQ.
CQSW.
Certificate of Qualification in Social Work.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CR.
CR.
Central Register.
CRAG.
Clinical Research And Audit Group.
CRAGPIE.
Committee Of Regional Advisers In General Practice Education.
CRAH.
Central Register of Advanced Hypnotherapists.
CRC.
Clinical Research Council.
CRCF.
Conference Of Royal Colleges And Their Faculties.
CRD.
Centre For Reviews And Dissemination.
CRE
Commission for Racial Equality
Credibility.
Criterion for evaluating the ‘quality’ or ‘trustworthiness’ of a piece of qualitative research. It refers specifically to the extent to which the researcher’s findings are compatible with the participant’s perceptions.
CREST.
Clinical Resource Efficiency Support Team.
CRS.
Client Record System.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CS.
CSAG.
Clinical Standards Advisory Group.
CSASHS.
Common Services Agency For The Scottish Health Service.
CSM.
Committee On The Safety Of Medicines.
CSP.
Chartered Society Of Physiotherapy.
CSSR.
Council with Social Services Responsibilities.
CSCT.
Central School for Counselling and Therapy.
CST
Community Support Team.
CSW
Carer's Support Worker.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CT.
CT.
Cognitive Therapy.
CT scanning.
Computerized tomography A high quality X-ray with the ability to examine soft tissue, i.e not solid material like bone, by recording slices of the body and then giving a cross-sectional image.
CTA.
Certified Transactional Analyst.
CTALD.
Community Teams For Adults With Learning Disabilities.
CTO
Compulsory Treatment Order
CTP.
Centre for Transpersonal Psychololgy.
CTT
Community Treatment Team.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CU.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CV.
CVS
Council For Voluntary Service.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CW.
Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with CX.
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