| Acronym | Phrase | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| N&N | Norfolk & Norwich | ||
| N&W | Norfolk and Waveney | ||
| N3 | N1, N2, N3 refers to the number and location of nodes that contain cancer. The higher number after the N, the more lymph nodes that contain cancer. | ||
| NA | Nurse Assistant | ||
| NAC | Non-Authority Contracts | ||
| NACR | National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation Project | ||
| NACRO | National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders | ||
| NACT | National Cancer Action Team | ||
| NAD | Nothing Abnormal Discovered | ||
| NAD | Nothing Abnormal | ||
| NAFLD | Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease | ||
| NAG | National Advisory Group | ||
| NAGCAE | National Advisory Group on Clinical Audit and Enquiries | ||
| NAI | Non-Accidental Injury | ||
| NAMPS | National Association of Medical Personnel Specialists | ||
| NAO | National Audit Office | ||
| NAPC | National Association of Primary Care | ||
| NAPP | National Association for Patient Participation | ||
| NARU | National Ambulance Resilience Unit | ||
| NASP | National Academy for Social Prescribing | ||
| NASP | National Application Service Provider | ||
| NATSSIPS | National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures | ||
| NAVCA | National Association for Voluntary and Community Action | ||
| NAW | National Assembly for Wales | ||
| NBAP | National Booked Admissions Programme | ||
| NBI | National Beds Inquiry | ||
| NBM | Nil By Mouth | ||
| NBOCAP | National Bowel Cancer Audit Program | ||
| NBS | Newborn Blood Spot | ||
| NCA | Northern Care Alliance | ||
| NCA | Non-Contracted Activities | ||
| NCA | Northern Cancer Alliance | ||
| NCAA | National Clinical Assessment Authority | ||
| NCAF | National Clinical Audit Forum | ||
| NCAPOP | National Clinical Audit and Patients’ Outcomes Programme | ||
| NCAR | Nationally Consistent Assurance Review | ||
| NCAS | National Clinical Assessment Service | ||
| NCASP | National Clinical Audit Support Programme | ||
| NCB | National Cancer Board | ||
| NCBI | National Centre for Biotechnology Information | ||
| NCCG | Non-Consultant Career Grade | ||
| NCCN | National Comprehensive Cancer Network | ||
| NCD | National Clinical Director | ||
| NCD | Non-Communicable Disease | ||
| NCE | National Confidential Enquiry | ||
| NCEPOD | National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death | ||
| NCG | East of England Urology Network Cancer Group | ||
| NCG | National Commissioning Group | ||
| NCG | National Clinical Guideline | ||
| NCI | National Centre for Involvement | ||
| NCI | National Coorinator/Chief Invesigator | ||
| NCIN | National Cancer Intelligence Network | ||
| NCIP | National Clinical Improvement Program | ||
| NCISH | National Confidential Enquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness | ||
| NCL | North Central London | ||
| NCM | New Care Model | ||
| NCMD | National Child Mortality Database | ||
| NCMP | National Child Measurement Programme | ||
| NCP | National Contracted Product | ||
| NCP | National Contracted Product | ||
| NCPES | National Patient Experience Survey | ||
| NCRAS | National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service | ||
| NCRI | National Cancer Research Institute | ||
| NCRN | National Cancer Research Network | ||
| NCRS | National Cancer Registry Service | ||
| NCRS | NHS Care Records Services | ||
| NCS | National Counselling Society | ||
| NCS | Network Coordination Service | ||
| NCSI | National Cancer Survivorship Initiative | ||
| NCVO | National Council for Voluntary Organisations | ||
| NCVR | National Contract Value Review | ||
| NCWTMDS | National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Dataset | ||
| ND | Not Done | ||
| NDA | National Diabetes Audit | ||
| NDI | Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus | ||
| NDIS | National Diabetes Information Service | ||
| NDPB | Non-Departmental Public Body | ||
| NDPB | Non-Departmental National Body | ||
| NDPP | National Diabetes Prevention Program | ||
| NDRS | National Disease Registration Service | ||
| NDTI | National Development Team for Inclusion | ||
| NE | Neoepitopes | ||
| NE | North East | ||
| NE | Neutropenic Sepsi | ||
| NEAT | New and Emerging Applications of Technology | ||
| NECS | North of England Commissioning Support | ||
| NED | Non-Executive Director | ||
| NED | National Endoscopy Database | ||
| NED | Nebulised | ||
| NEE | North East Essex | ||
| NEECCG | North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group | ||
| NEET | Not in Education, Employment or Training | ||
| NEF | New Economics Foundation | ||
| NEHF | North East Hants and Farnham | ||
| NEJM | New England Journal of Medicine | ||
| NEL | Non-Elective Activity | ||
| NEL | North East London | ||
| NELA | National Emergency Laparotomy Audit | ||
| NELCSU | North East London Central Support Unit | ||
| NELFT | North East London NHS Foundation Trust | ||
| NENC | North East and North Cumbria (NHS) | ||
| NEPFT | North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | ||
| NEPT | Non-Emergency Patient Trust | ||
| NEPT | North Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust | ||
| NEPTS | Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Service | ||
| NERC | Non-Executive Remuneration Committee | ||
| NES | National Enhanced Services | ||
| NES | NHS Education for Scotland | ||
| NES | Non-Emergency Service | ||
| NES | National Eczema Society | ||
| NESTA | National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts | ||
| NET | Neuroendocrine Tumours | ||
| NETSCC | National Institute for Health Research Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre | ||
| NEURO GEN | Neurological Disorder Genetics Study | ||
| NEWS | National Early Warning System | ||
| NEWS2 | National Early Warning Score 2 | ||
| NEY | |||
| NEY | North East Yorkshire | ||
| NFA | National Fostering Agency | ||
| NFR | Not For Resuscitation | ||
| NG | Nasogastric | ||
| NG12 | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s suspected cancer recognition and referral guideline | ||
| NGH | Northampton General Hospital | ||
| nGMS | New General Medical Council | ||
| NGMS | New General Medical Services (Contract) | ||
| NGO | National Guardians Office | ||
| NGRL | National Genomic Research Laboratory | ||
| NHAIS | National Health Application and Infrastructure Services (now replaced by CSMS) | ||
| NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | ||
| NHCT | Northumbria Health Care Foundation Trust | ||
| NHES | NHS ePortfolio | ||
| NHL | Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | ||
| NHP | New Hospitals Programme | ||
| NHRA | National Health Regulation Authority | ||
| NHS | National Health Service | ||
| NHS CB | NHS Commissioning Board | ||
| NHS EED | NHS Economic Evaluation Database | ||
| NHS IQ | NHS Improving Quality | ||
| NHS LIFT | NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust | ||
| NHS PS | NHS Property Services | ||
| NHS QIS | NHS Quality Improvement Scotland | ||
| NHS TEF | NHS Transitional Executive Forum | ||
| NHSBAS | NHS Business Authority Service | ||
| NHSBSA | NHS Business Authority Services | ||
| NHSBT | NHS Blood and Transplant | ||
| NHSCB | NHS Commissioning Board | ||
| NHSCC | NHS Clinical Commissioners | ||
| NHSCS | National School of Healthcare and Science | ||
| NHSD | NHS Digital | ||
| NHSE | NHS Employers | ||
| NHSE | NHS England | ||
| NHSE/I | National Health Service England/Improvement | ||
| NHSEI | NHS England and NHS Improvement | ||
| NHSFT | NHS Foundation Trust | ||
| NHSI | National Health Service Improvement | ||
| NHSIC | NHS Information Centre | ||
| NHSII | NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement | ||
| NHSIQ | NHS Improving Quality | ||
| NHSLA | NHS Litigation Authority | ||
| NHSOF | NHS Outcomes Framework | ||
| NHSP | NHS Professional | ||
| NHSPN | NHS Partners Network | ||
| NHSPS | National Health Property Services | ||
| NHSPS | NHS Pension Scheme | ||
| NHSR | NHS Resolution | ||
| NHSR ENS | NHS Resolution Early Notification Scheme | ||
| NHSRA | NHS Registration Authority | ||
| NHST | NHS Trust | ||
| NHSTDA | NHS Trust Development Authority | ||
| NHSX | New Joint Organisation for Digital/Data & Technology in NHS | ||
| NIA | NHS Innovation Accelerator | ||
| NIA | Northern Ireland Assembly | ||
| NIAO | Northern Ireland Audit Office | ||
| NIB | National Information Board | ||
| NIB | Suffix in drugs indicates a small molecule inhibitor | ||
| NIBP | Non-Invasive Blood Pressure (Monitoring) | ||
| NIC | National Innovation Centre | ||
| NIC | National Insurance Contribution | ||
| NIC | Non-Injectable Arterial Connector | ||
| NIC | Nurse in Charge | ||
| NICE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | ||
| NICIP | National Interim Clinical Imaging Procedures | ||
| NICU | Neonatal Intensive Care | ||
| NIDC | National Imaging Data Collection | ||
| NIGB | National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care Ethics and Confidentiality Committee | ||
| NIHR | National Institute for Health Research | ||
| NIHR CRN CC | National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre | ||
| NIHR CRN ICT | National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network Integrated Costing Tool | ||
| NIHR IS | National Institute of Health Research Information Systems | ||
| NIMHE | National Institute for Mental Health in England | ||
| NIMP | Non-Investigational Medicinal Product | ||
| NIMS | National Immunisation Management System | ||
| NIO | Northern Ireland Office | ||
| NIPP | NHS Insights Prioritisation Programme | ||
| NIQAM | Nursing Incident Quality Assurance Group | ||
| NIV | Non-Invasive Ventilation | ||
| NJR | National Joint Registry | ||
| NLF | National Loans Fund | ||
| NLFS | North London Forensics Service | ||
| NLG | Neighbourhood Leadership Group | ||
| NLIAH | National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Healthcare | ||
| NLOP | National Programme for IT Local Ownership Programme | ||
| NLP | Neuro Linguistic Programming | ||
| NLPH | National Library for Public Health | ||
| NMASHPs | Nurse, MIdwifes, and Allied Health Professionals | ||
| NMC | Nursing and Midwifery Council | ||
| NMHCP | National Minimal Healthcare Package? | ||
| NMHIN | National Mental Health Intelligence Network | ||
| NMS | New Medicine Service | ||
| NMSC | Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer | ||
| NMUH | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust | ||
| NNC | Neonatal Critical Care | ||
| NNCPS | National Network of Clinical Procurement Specialists | ||
| NNH | Numbers Needed to Harm | ||
| NNT | Numbers Needed to Treat | ||
| NNU | Neonatal Unit | ||
| NNUH | Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust | ||
| NOAC | Novel Oral Anticoagulants (replacement for Warfarin) | ||
| NOCRI | National Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure | ||
| NOCTE | Every Night | ||
| NOD | New Onset Diabetes (may be tested for pancreatic cancer) | ||
| NOF | National Outcomes Framework | ||
| NOF | New Opportunities Fund | ||
| NOFF | Neck Of Femur Fracture | ||
| NOFT | National Outcomes Framework Team/ | ||
| NOG | National Oversight Group (for High-Security Hospitals) | ||
| NOGCA | National Oesophago-Gastric Cancer System/Service | ||
| NOGG | National Osteoporosis Guidelines | ||
| NOK | Next of Kin | ||
| NOLCP | National Optimum Lung Cancer Pathway | ||
| NOLP | National Optimal Lung Pathway | ||
| NORS | National Organ Retrieval Service | ||
| NOTP | National Outpatient Transformation Program | ||
| NOU | Non-Obstetric Ultrasound | ||
| NOUS | Non-Obstetric Ultrasoound | ||
| NP | Network Partner | ||
| NPA | National Pharmacy Association | ||
| NPC | National Product Care | ||
| NPDG | National PALS Development Group | ||
| NPfIT | National Programme for IT | ||
| NPG | National Priorities Guidance | ||
| NPM | National Pricing Matrix | ||
| NPO | Nil by Mouth | ||
| NPoC | National Programme of Care | ||
| NPRAS | National Patient Record Analysis Service | ||
| NPSA | National Patient Safety Agency | ||
| NPV | Negative Predictive Value | ||
| NQAT | Nursing Quality Assessment Tool | ||
| NQB | National Quality Board | ||
| NQPA | Newly Qualified Physician Associate | ||
| NQR | National Quality Requirement | ||
| NRAC | NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee | ||
| NRCI | National Reference Cost Index | ||
| NRES | National Research Ethics Service | ||
| NRLS | National Reporting and Learning System | ||
| NRM | National Referral Mechanism | ||
| NRT | Nicotine Replacement Therapy | ||
| NS | Neutropenic Sepsis (caused by chemotherapy) | ||
| NS | Neurological System | ||
| NSAI | Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory (drugs) | ||
| NSAIDs | Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs | ||
| NSC | National Screening Committee | ||
| NSCG | National Specialist Commissioning Group | ||
| NSCLC | Non-Small Cell Cancer | ||
| NSCP | North Somerset Community Partnership | ||
| NSCS | Non-Specific Concerning Symptoms | ||
| NSF | National Service Framework | ||
| NSFT | North Suffolk Foundation Trust | ||
| NSGCT | Non Seminatous Germ Cell Cancer | ||
| NSLS | National Standards Local Strategy | ||
| NSPCR | National School for Public Health Research | ||
| NSR | Next Stage Review | ||
| NSRC | National Schedule of Reference Costs | ||
| NSRH | Nurses for Sexual Reproductive Health | ||
| NSS | Non Site Specific | ||
| NSS | Non-Specific Symptoms | ||
| NST | England Network Support Team (Carers Trust) | ||
| NSTEMI | Non ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction | ||
| NSUN | National Survivor User Network | ||
| NT | Neighbourhood Team | ||
| NT-PRO | Brain Natriuretic Peptide Test for heart failure | ||
| NTA | National Treatment Agency (for Substance Misuse) | ||
| NTAC | NHS Technology Adoption Centre | ||
| NTAG | National Tariff Advisory Group | ||
| NTD | National Tariff Document | ||
| NTDA or NHS TDA | NHS Trust Development Authority | ||
| NTN | National Training Number | ||
| NTO | National Training Organisation | ||
| NTRK+ | Neurotrophic Tyrosine Receptor Kinase is a gene | ||
| NTS | Non-Technical Skills | ||
| NUMSAS | NHS Urgent Medical Supply Advanced Service | ||
| NVF | Non-viable Foetus | ||
| NVFF | National Valuing Families Forum | ||
| NViVO | Qualitative Data Analysis Computer Software Package | ||
| NVQ | National Vocational Qualification | ||
| NVR | National Vascular Registry | ||
| NWAFN | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | ||
| NWAFT | North West Anglia Foundation Trust | ||
| NWAS | North West Ambulance Service | ||
| NWCAHSH | North West Coast Academic Health Science Network | ||
| NWCSCN | North West Coast Strategic Clinical Networks | ||
| NWIS | NHS Wales Informatics Service | ||
| NWP | National Workforce Projects | ||
| NZTT | Net Zero Travel and Transport |
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