Glossary of acronyms A/C

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	AA	Appropriate Adult (attends police interviews with "vulnerable" interviewees)
	AA	Alcoholics Anonymous
	AAU	Acute Assessment Unit
	ABC	Autistic Behaviour Checklist
	ABT	Assessment & Brief Treatment Team
	ACF	Acute Care Forum
	ADHD/ADD	Attention Deficit [Hyperactive] Disorder
	ADS	Alzheimer's Disease Society
	ADU	Affective Disorders Unit
	AED	Automated External Defibrillator
	AFC	Agenda for Change
	AHP	Allied Health Professionals
	AHRA	Access to Health Records Act (now largely subsumed by the DPA)
	AL1,2,3	Aubrey Lewis [Ward]
	ALD	Adults with Learning Difficulties
	AO (T)	Assertive Outreach (Team)
	APCMH	Association for Pastoral Care in Mental Health
	ARP	Alcohol Recovery Project (a charity)
	ASBO	Anti-social Behaviour Order
	ASD	Autistic Spectrum Disorder
	ASW	Approved Social Worker
	AWOL	Absent Without Leave

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	bds	bid in die summendus (Latin: To be taken twice a day)
	BDU	Behavioural Disorders Unit
	BJP	British Journal of Psychiatry
	BLI	Board Level Inquiry
	BLS	Basic Life Support
	BM	Blood Monitoring
	BMA	British Medical Association
	BMI	Body Mass Index
	BMJ	British Medical Journal
	BNA	British Nursing Association (agency)
	BNF	British National Formulary
	BP	British Pharm.
	BP	Blood Pressure
	BPD	Borderline Personality Disorder
	BRH	Bethlem Royal Hospital
	BSL	British Sign Language
	BSUIP	Borough Serious Untoward Incident Panel

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	CAMHS	Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
	CAT	Cognitive Analytical Therapy or Crisis Assessment Team
	CBA	Cost Benefit Analysis
	CBT	Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
	CCE	Completed Consultant Episode
	CCETSW	Central Council for Education and Training of Social Workers
	CCHA	Croydon Churches Housing Association
	CCS	Current Clinical State (computer system)
	CCT	Continuing Care Team
	CDA	Croydon Drugs Agency
	CDM	Chronic Disease Management
	CE	Chief Executive
	CEMVO	Council for Ethnic Minority Organisations
	CES	Cost Efficiency Savings
	CFS	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
	CG	Clinical Governance
	CHAS	Croydon Housing Aid Society
	CHC	Community Health Council (now abolished)
	CHD	Coronary Heart Disease
	CHI / CHAI	Commission for Health Improvement; now Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection
	CIAMHS	Croydon Integrated Adult Mental Health Services
	CIC	Community Integrated Care
	CMC	Complaints Monitoring Committee
	CMHT/C	Community Mental Health Team/Centre
	CMO	Chief Medical Officer
	CMS	Clozaril Monitoring Service
	CN	Charge Nurse
	CNL	Clinical Nurse Leader
	CNO	Chief Nursing Officer
	CNS	Central Nervous System
	CNST	Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts
	COAST	Croydon Outreach Assessment & Support Service (Croydon’s Early Intervention Team)
	CoP	Code of Practice (to Mental Health Act or other legislation)
	COT	College of Occupational Therapists
	CPA	Care Programme Approach
	CPD	Continuing Professional Development
	CPN	Community Psychiatric Nurse
	CPPIH	Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
	CPR	Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
	CPSM	College of Professions Supplemental to Medicine (now HPC)
	CQSW	Certificate of Qualification in Social Work
	CRC	Croydon Resource Centre
	CRE	Commission for Racial Equality
	CROHAG	Croydon Housing Association Group
	CRRACCS	Croydon Rehabilitation Recovery & Continuing Care Service
	CRU	Crisis Recovery Unit
	CSN	Community Support Network (advocacy service providers in Lambeth)
	CSW	Community Support worker
	CUTS	Cash Utilisation Throughput Savings (only joking)
	CVS	Council for Voluntary Service