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List of abbreviations and acronyms used in the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA).
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A&E | accident and emergency |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ADASS | Association of Directors of Adult Social Services |
| ADHD | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| AF | atrial fibrillation |
| AIE | Analysis of the Impact on Equality |
| AMR | antimicrobial resistance |
| APS | Active People Survey |
| AQMA | Air Quality Management Area |
| ASB | Adult Skills Budget |
| ASB | anti-social behaviour |
| ASC | Adult Social Care (within the Community and Housing Department of Merton Council) |
| ASCOF | Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework |
| ASCOT | adult social care outcomes toolkit |
| ASD | autistic spectrum disorder |
| ASDR | age-standardised death rate |
| ASPD | anti-social personality disorder |
| BAME | black, Asian and minority ethnic |
| BCS | British Crime Survey |
| BESD | behavioural, emotional and social difficulties |
| BHIVA | British HIV Association |
| BME | black and minority ethnic |
| BP | blood pressure |
| BPD | borderline personality disorder |
| BRE | Building Research Establishment |
| CAMH | child and adolescent mental health |
| CAMHS | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service |
| CASH | Contraception and Sexual Health Clinics |
| CBT | cognitive behavioural therapy |
| CCG/CCGs | Clinical Commissioning Group(s) |
| CFPP | Choice Framework for local Policy and Procedures |
| CHD | coronary heart disease |
| ChiMat | Child and Maternal Health Observatory |
| CIN | children in need |
| CIPFA | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |
| CMC | Coordinate My Care |
| CMD | common mental disorder |
| CMHT | Community Mental Health Team |
| COAD | chronic obstructive airways disease |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CPA | care plan approach |
| CPP | child protection plan |
| CQC | Care Quality Commission |
| CQUIN | Commissioning for Quality and Innovation |
| CrISP | Carers’ Information and Support Programme |
| CSEW | Crime Survey for England and Wales |
| CSGBC | Cancer Service Guidance for Breast Cancer |
| CSP | Community Safety Partnership |
| CYP | children and young people |
| DALYs | disability-adjusted life years |
| DAS | Dementia Adviser Service |
| DCLG | Department for Communities and Local Government |
| DCSF | Department for Children, Schools and Families (now replaced) |
| DfE | Department for Education |
| DH | Department of Health (referred to throughout) |
| DNAs | do not attends |
| DOMES | Diagnostic Outcomes Monitoring Executive Summary |
| DOT | directly observed therapy |
| DPPO | designated public places order |
| DSR | directly standardised mortality rate |
| DSWs | dementia support workers |
| DWP | Department for Work and Pensions |
| EAC | Elderly Accommodation Counsel |
| ECG | electrocardiogram |
| Echo | echocardiogram |
| EGPP | Ethnic Group Population Projection |
| EHC | emergency hormonal contraception |
| EoLC | end of life care |
| EPaCCS | electronic palliative care coordination system |
| ESA | employment support allowance |
| ESOL | English for speakers of other languages |
| ETE | education, training and employment |
| EWDI | excess winter deaths index |
| EWDs | excess winter deaths |
| EYFSP | Early Years Foundation Stage Profile |
| FGM | female genital mutilation |
| FNP | Family Nurse Partnership |
| FTEs | first-time entrants |
| GLA | Great London Authority |
| GPs | general practitioners |
| GUM | genito-urinary medicine |
| HCAI | healthcare associated infection |
| HCP | Healthy Child Programme |
| HF | heart failure |
| HIA | health impact assessment |
| HIS | Healthcare Infection Society |
| HIS | Integrated House Survey |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HPA | Health Protection Agency (now part of PHE) |
| HPV | human papilloma virus |
| HRA | Housing Revenue Account |
| HRG | Healthcare Resource Group |
| HSCIS | Health and Social Care Information Centre |
| HSV | herpes simplex virus |
| HUDU | Healthy Urban Development Unit |
| HUS | Haemolytic uremic syndrome |
| HWM | Healthwatch Merton |
| IAPT | improving access to psychological therapies |
| ICSWP | Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party |
| IMD | English Indices of Multiple Deprivation |
| JCVI | Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation |
| JSA | Job Seeker’s Allowance |
| JSNA | Joint Strategic Needs Assessment |
| KSI | Killed or Seriously Injured |
| LAAs | local area agreements |
| LAC | looked-after children |
| LAPE | Local Alcohol Profiles for England |
| LAQN | London Air Quality Network |
| LARC | long-acting reversible contraception |
| LAS | London Ambulance Service |
| LBM | London Borough of Merton |
| LBW | low birth weight |
| LCP | Liverpool Care Pathway |
| LGBT | lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender |
| LHO | London Health Observatory |
| LINks | Local Involvement Networks |
| LSCB | Local Safeguarding Children Board |
| LST | life skills training |
| MAAT | Merton Adult Access Team |
| MAES | Merton Adult Education Service |
| MASH | Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub |
| MCDS | Maternity and Children’s Data Set |
| MDRTB | multidrug-resistant TB |
| Merton CCG | Merton Clinical Commissioning Group |
| MILES | Merton Independent Living and Engagement Service |
| MMR | measles, mumps and rubella |
| MND | motor neurone disease - |
| MNDA | Motor Neurone Disease Association |
| MoU | memorandum of understanding |
| MS | multiple sclerosis |
| MSM | men who have sex with men |
| MSOA | middle super output area |
| MST | multisystemic therapy |
| MST-PSB | multisystemic therapy for problem sexual behaviour |
| MTS | Mayor’s Transport Strategy |
| NAO | National Audit Office |
| NCIN | National Cancer Intelligence Network |
| NCMP | National Child Measurement Programme |
| NCSP | National Chlamydia Screening Programme |
| NDEC | National Drug Evidence Centre |
| NDSE | National Dementia Strategy for England |
| NDTMS | National Drug Treatment Monitoring System |
| NEET | Not in Education, Employment or Training |
| NEoLCIN | National End of Life Care Intelligence Network |
| NEPHO | North East Public Health Observatory |
| NHB | New Homes Bonus |
| NHS DEP | NHS Dental Epidemiology Programme |
| NHS IQ | NHS Improving Quality |
| NHSLA | National Health Service Litigation Authority |
| NICE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (formerly National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) |
| NRT | nicotine replacement therapy |
| NSCLC | non-small-cell lung cancer |
| NTA | National Treatment Agency |
| OCD | obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| OCUs | opiate or crack cocaine users |
| ONS | the Office for National Statistics |
| OOH | out of hours |
| OPCS | Office of Population Censuses and Surveys |
| PALS | Patient Advice and Liaison Service |
| PANSI | Projecting Adult Needs and Service Information system |
| PbR | payment by results |
| PCTs | primary care trusts |
| PHAST | Public Health Action Support Team |
| PHE | Public Health England |
| PHOF | Public Health Outcomes Framework |
| POPPI | Projection Older People Population Information system |
| PPC | preferred priorities of care |
| PPD | preferred place of death |
| PSHE | personal, social, health and economic education |
| PTSD | post-traumatic stress disorder |
| QIPP | Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention |
| QOF | Quality and Outcomes Framework |
| RCA | root cause analysis |
| RCP | the Royal College of Physicians |
| RSV | respiratory syncytial virus |
| SA | Strategic Assessment |
| SAR | standardised admission ratio |
| SCLC | small cell lung cancer |
| SEN | special educational needs |
| SEND | special education needs and disabilities |
| SFA | Skills Funding Agency |
| SGH | St George’s Hospital |
| SHLAA | Strategic Housing and Land Availability Assessment |
| SHMA | Strategic Housing Market Assessment |
| SII | Slope Index of Inequality |
| SLA | service level agreement |
| SLHP | South London HIV Partnership |
| SMI | severe mental illness |
| SMPCT | Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust (now replaced) |
| SMR | Standardised mortality ratio |
| SPOT | spend and outcome tool |
| STIs | sexually transmitted infections |
| SWEP | Severe Weather Emergency Protocol |
| SWL Las | South West London local authorities |
| SWLSTG | South West London and St George’s |
| TaMHS | Targeted Mental Health in Schools |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| THT | Terrence Higgins Trust |
| TIA | transient ischaemic attack |
| UKPDS | UK Prospective Diabetes Study |
| VCFOs | voluntary, community and faith organisations |
| VHF | viral haemorrhagic fever |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WMPHO | West Midlands Public Health Observatory |