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GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS Terms used in the Notes Audit Commission: the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England. Baseline allocations: a recurrent amount of funding that represents the cash-limited allocation that PCTs receive to enable them to commission healthcare for their population. The Commission: the Care Quality Commission, established by clause 1 of the Bill. Contributions and Benefits Act: the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4). The Convention: the European Convention on Human Rights. The Councils: the GSCC and the CCW. Global Sum: the sum that pays fees and allowances for the provision of NHS pharmaceutical services. Health Care Professions Act 2002: the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17). Liable relatives rule: set out in sections 42 and 43 of the National Assistance Act 1948 and in various other provisions mentioned in clause 135(1). The liable relatives rule provides that spouses are liable to maintain each other and parents are liable to maintain their children. Mental Health Act: the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20). Monitor: the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts. Northern Ireland Contributions and Benefits Act: the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7). Public Health Act 1984: the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22). Social enterprise: businesses with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community. Abbreviations used in the Notes AMHPs Approved mental health professionals CCW Care Council for Wales CHAI Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (known as the Healthcare Commission) CIECSS Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills CRHP Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals CSCI Commission for Social Care Inspection DHSSPSNI Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland GMC General Medical Council GOC General Optical Council GSCC General Social Care Council HCAIs Healthcare associated infections IA Impact Assessment IHR International Health Regulations (2005) LPA Lasting power of attorney MHAC Mental Health Act Commission NBSB National Biological Standards Board NCMP National Child Measurement Programme NHS Act 2006 the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) NHS (Wales) Act 2006 the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42) NIGB National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care NMC Nursing & Midwifery Council OHPA Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator PCTs Primary Care Trusts PIAG Patient Information Advisory Group PSNI Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland RPSGB Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain SEIF Social Enterprise Investment Fund WHO World Health Organisation |
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