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ACAS -Advisory  Conciliation and Arbitration Service
AfC - Agenda for Change
AHCE - Adverse Health Care Event
API - Adverse Patient Incident
BAMM - British Association of Medical Managers
BMA - British Medical Association
CfH - Connecting for Health
CHD - Coronary Heart Disease
CME - Continuing Medical Education 
CPD - Continuing Professional Development 
CMR - Continuous Morbidity Recording
CPPIH - The New Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
DES - Directed Enhanced Service
DH - Department of Health
DMARD - Disease Monitoring anti Rheumatic drugs
DMG - Decision Making Group
EMI -Enduring Mental Illness  
ETP - Enduring Mental Illness 
FTE - Full-time equivalent
GMC - General Medical Council
GMS - General Medical Services 
GP - General (Medical) Practitioner
GPC - General Practitioners Council
GPSI - GPs with special interests
HCNM - Health Care Near Miss
HlmP - Health Improvement Programme
HR - Human Resources
IPR - Individual Performance Review
IRS - Industrial Relations Service LA - Local Authority
LES - Local Enhanced Service
LIFT - Local Investment Finance Trust
LMC - Local Medical Committee
MDU - Medical Defence Union
MIU - Minor Injury Unit
MIIU - Minor Injury & Illness Unit
MPS - Medical Protection Society
NAPP - National Association for Patient Participation
NCAA - National Clinical Assessment Authority
NCRS- National Care Record Service
NPSA - National Patients Safety Agency
NSF - National Service Framework
OOH - Out of Hours
OWAM - Organisation with a Memory
PAG - Performance Advisory Group
PALS - Patient Advisory & Liaison Service
PBC - Practice Based Commissioning
PCIP - Primary Care Investment Plan
PCT - Primary Care Trust
PDP - Personal Development Plan
PEC - Professional Executive Committee (of a PCT)
PMS - Personal Medical Services
PPDP - Professional Practice Development Plan
RCGP - Royal College of General Practitioners
SE - Significant Event
SEA - Significant Event Audit
SHA - Strategic Health Authority
SMR - Standardised Mortality Ratio
SUI - Serious Untoward Incident
UI - Untoward Incident

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