| Acronyms and Terms used in Reports | |
|---|---|
| AQP | Any Qualified Provider |
| BAF | Board Assurance Framework |
| CE | Chief Executive |
| CIOS | Cornwall & Isles of Scilly |
| CIP | Cost Improvement Programme |
| CNS | Clinical Nurse Specialists |
| COO | Chief Operating Officer |
| CFT | Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| CQC | Care Quality Commission |
| CSDP | Clinical Site Development Plan |
| CQUIN | Commissioning for Quality and Innovation |
| CT | Computerised Tomography (a type of body scan) |
| DBS | Disclosure Barring Service (replaced CRB) |
| DNA | Did Not Attend |
| DoF | Director of Finance |
| DH | Department of Health |
| DOSA | Day of Surgery Admission |
| DPGME | Director of Postgraduate Medical Education |
| DTOC | Delayed Transfer of Care |
| ECIP | Emergency Care Improvement Programme |
| ED | Emergency Department |
| ESD | Early Supported Discharge |
| FFT | Friends and Family Test |
| FTE | Full-Time Equivalent |
| FUW | Follow-up waiting |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| HRD | Director of HR |
| HSCIC | Health and Social Care Information Centre |
| HSMR | Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio |
| I&E | Income and Expenditure |
| IPR | Integrated Performance Report |
| IWL | Improving Working Lives |
| KCCG | Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LIA | Listening Into Action |
| LoS | Length of stay |
| LTFM | Long Term Financial Model |
| MD | Medical Director |
| MDT | Multi-Disciplinary Team |
| MSSA | Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (a bacterium) |
| Never Events | Never Events are serious incidents that are entirely preventable because guidance or safety recommendations providing strong systemic protective barriers are available at a national level, and should have been implemented by all healthcare providers. |
| NHSCFA | NHS Counter Fraud Authority |
| NHSE | NHS England |
| NHSI | NHS Improvement |
| NHSP | NHS Professionals |
| NHSR | NHS Resolution ( formerly the NHSLA – NHS Litigation Authority) |
| NIHSS | National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale |
| NR | Non-Recurring |
| OD | Organisational Development |
| PAF | Performance Assurance Framework |
| PDR | Performance Development Review |
| QIDB | Quality Improvement Delivery Board |
| PSF | Provider Sustainability Fund |
| QIP | Quality Improvement Programme |
| QIPP | Quality, Innovation, Prevention, Productivity |
| RAG | Red Amber Green |
| RIDDOR | Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations |
| RTT | Referral To Treatment |
| SAFER Bundle | The SAFER patient flow bundle blends five elements of best practice. It’s important to implement all five together for cumulative benefits. The five elements are: S – Senior review. All patients will have a senior review before midday by a clinician able to make management and discharge decisions. A – All patients will have an expected discharge date and clinical criteria for discharge. This is set assuming ideal recovery and assuming no unnecessary waiting. F – Flow of patients will commence at the earliest opportunity from assessment units to inpatient wards. Wards that routinely receive patients from assessment units will ensure the first patient arrives on the ward by 10 am. E – Early discharge. 33% of patients will be discharged from base inpatient wards before midday. R – Review. A systematic multi-disciplinary team review of patients with extended lengths of stay (>7 days – ‘stranded patients’) with a clear ‘home first’ mindset. |
| SBARD tool | Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation, Decision tool |
| SHMI | Summary Hospital Level Mortality Indicator |
| Schwarz Rounds | Schwartz Rounds provide a structured forum where all staff, clinical and non-clinical, come together regularly to discuss the emotional and social aspects of working in healthcare. |
| SI | Serious Incident |
| SMH | St Michael’s Hospital |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SRO | Senior Responsible Officer |
| STP | Sustainability Transformation Partnerships (formerly Plans) |
| VTE | Venous thromboembolism (Blood clot) |
| WCH | West Cornwall Hospital |
Page last reviewed: 15 May 2023
