APPENDIX 12: GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS
ABI Acquired Brain Injury
ADASS Association of Directors of Adult
Social Services
ADRTs Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment
BASW British Association of Social Workers
BIA Best Interest Assessor
BIHR British Institute of Human Rights
CCG Clinical Commissioning Group
CIPOLD Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths
of people with
learning disabilities
CQC Care Quality Commission
DoLS Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
ECHR European Convention on Human Rights
EWCA England and Wales Court of Appeal
GMC General Medical Council
GP General Practitioner
HoL House of Lords
IMCA Independent Mental Capacity Advocate
KPI Key Performance Indicator
LGO Local Government Ombudsman
LLP Limited Liability Partnership
LPA Lasting Power of Attorney
MCA Mental Capacity Act 2005
MDAC Mental Disability Advocacy Center
MHA Mental Health Act 1983 (amended by Mental
Health Act
2007)
NHS National Health Service
OPG Office of the Public Guardian
P Person under the Mental Capacity
Act 2005
PCT Primary Care Trust
PHSO Parliamentary and Health Service
Ombudsman
RC Nursing The Royal College of Nursing
RPR Relevant Person's Representative
SCIE Social Care Institute for Excellence
UNCRPD United Nation Convention on the Rights
of Persons with
Disabilities
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