Below are a number of ACRONYMS frequently used in

Mental Health Services - Taranaki

•  AA Alcoholics Anonymous
•  ACHBT Acute Home Based Treatment Team
•  A & D Alcohol and Drugs
•  ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
•  A&E Accident and Emergency
•  ACC Accident Compensation Corporation
•  ADT Admissions, Discharges and Transfers
•  ALAC Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
•  ALOS Average Length of Stay
•  AoD Alcohol and/or Other Drug
•  APOC Acute Packages of Care
•  AT&R Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation
•  CAG Consumer Advisory Committee
•  CAMHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
•  CAT Child Assessment Team
•  CD Clinical Director
•  CDEM Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan
•  CEO Chief Executive Officer
•  CMHN Community Mental Health Nurse
•  CMHT Community Mental Health Team
•  CNS Clinical Nurse Specialist
•  CQI Continuous Quality Improvement
•  CR Crisis Respite
•  CTA Clinical Training Agency
•  CTO Compulsory Treatment Order
•  CYPFS Children, Young Person and their Families Service
•  DAHMS Director of Area Mental Health Services
•  DHB District Health Board
•  DI District Inspector
•  DN District Nurse
•  DNA Did Not Attend
•  DSAC Disability Support Advisory Committee
•  DSP District Strategic Plan
•  DSS Disability Support Services
•  ECT Electroconvulsive Therapy
•  ED Emergency Department
•  EIS Early Intervention Service
•  EMT Executive Management Team
•  EN Enrolled Nurse
•  EOI Expressions of Interest
•  FAQs Frequently Asked Questions
•  F&P Funding and Planning
•  FTE Full Time Equivalent
•  GMS General Medical Subsidy
•  GP General Practitioner
•  H&S Health and Safety
•  HCA Health Care Assistant
•  HDC Heath Disability Commissioner
•  HDSS Health and Disability Sector Standards
•  HealthPAC Health Payments, Agreements and Compliance
•  HIPC Health Information Privacy Code
•  HNA Health Needs Assessment
•  HNZ Healthcare NZ
•  HNZ Housing New Zealand
•  HR Human Resources
•  HRC Health Research Council
•  HRC Human Rights Commission
•  HUGS Honest Unique Group Support - South Taranaki
•  ICO Integrated Care Organisation
•  ICP Integrated Clinical Pathway
•  ICU Intensive Care Unit
•  ID Intellectual Disability
•  IPA Independent Practitioners Association
•  IPC Intensive Psychiatric Unit 
•  IQ Intelligence Quotient
•  IS Information Systems
•  IT Information Technology
•  IV Intravenous
•  KPI Key Performance Indicator
•  LAG Local Advisory Group
•  LMT Like Minds Taranaki
•  LOS Length of Stay
•  MAG Maori Advisory Group
•  MD Medical Director
•  MDO Maori Development Unit
•  MDT Multi Disciplinary Team
•  MEDLAB Medical Laboratory
•  Medsafe NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Authority
•  MHC Mental Health Commission
•  MH(CAT)Act Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment & Treatment Act 1992
•  MHF Mental Health Foundation
•  MHINC Mental Health Information National Commission
•  MHS Mental Health Services
•  MHS Mental Health and Addictions Services
•  MoH Ministry of Health
•  MOSS Medical Officer - Special Scale
•  MoU Memorandum of Understanding
•  MRC Medical Review Committee
•  MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
•  MSD Ministry of Social Development
•  NA Narcotics Anonymous
•  NASC Needs Assessment and Service Coordination
•  NETS Needle Exchange Taranaki Service
•  NGO Non Government Organisation
•  NHI National health Index
•  NPDC New Plymouth District Council
•  NPVS New Plymouth Volunteer Centre
•  NZDS New Zealand Disability Strategy
•  NZGG New Zealand Guidelines Group
•  NZHIS New Zealand Health Information Service
•  NZMA New Zealand Medical Association
•  NZNO New Zealand Nurses Organisation
•  NZPHD Act New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
•  OIA Official Information Act
•  OOS Occupational Overuse Syndrome
•  OPC Office of the Privacy Commissioner
•  OPD Outpatient Department
•  OSH Occupational Safety and Health
•  OT Occupational Therapy
•  PATHS Providing Access to Health Solutions
•  PHARMAC Pharmaceutical Management Agency
•  PHC Primary Health Care
•  PHN Public Health Nurse
•  PHO Primary Health Organisation
•  PHU Public Health Unit
•  PIMS Patient Information Management System
•  PSA Peer Support and Advocacy 
•  RANZCP Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
•  RFI Request for Information
•  RFP Request for Proposal
•  RMO Resident Medical Officer
•  RN Registered Nurse
•  SDC Stratford District Council
•  SES Specialist Education Services
•  SF Supporting Families In Mental Illness
•  SHO Senior House Officer
•  SMO Senior Medical officer
•  SMT Senior Management Team
•  SLA Service Level Agreement
•  SPINZ Suicide Prevention in New Zealand
•  SSC State Services Commission
•  SSNP Settlement Support NZ
•  STDC South Taranaki District Council
•  STI Sexually Transmitted Infection
•  SW Social Worker
•  SW Support Worker
•  TCAG Taranaki Consumer Advisory Group
•  TDHB Taranaki District Health Board
•  TDIC Taranaki Disability Information Centre
•  TOR Terms of Reference
•  TPC Taranaki Primary Connections
•  TPK Te Puni Kokiri
•  TWPK Te Whare Punanga Korero Trust
•  TPW Te Puna Waiora
•  TRP Te Rau Pani
•  TWP Te Whare Puawai
•  W&I Work and Income
•  WEKA What Everybody Keeps Asking
•  WHO World Health Organisation
•  WITT Western Institute of Technology - Taranaki

•  WRAP Wellness Recovery Action Plan

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