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AHRG Acute Hospital Review
A&E Accident & Emergency
CAWT Co-operation And Working Together
CCTC Community Care & Treatment Centre
CGST Clinical Governance Support Team
DFP Department of Finance & Personnel
DHSSPS Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety
DBS Developing Better Services
DOH Department of Health
DRD Department for Regional Development
DTC Diagnostic Treatment Centre
EDT Exemplar Design Team
ENT Ear, Nose & Throat
EQIA Equality Impact Assessment
ERCP Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreotography
EWTD European Working Time Directive
FBC Full Business Case
FCE Finished Consultant Episode
FITN Final Invitation To Negotiate
GP General Practitioner
HDU High Dependency Unit
ICATS Integrated Clinical Assessment and Treatment Services
ICT Information & Communication Technology
LMHS Liaison Mental Health Service
LOS Length of Stay
MES Medical Equipment Services
MHRA Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency
MIPS Median Index of Public Sector Building Tender Prices
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NHS National Health Service
NSF National Service Framework
OBC Outline Business Case
PCCI Primary Care and Community Infrastructure
PFI Private Finance Initiative
PPP Public Private Partnership
ROE Retention Of Employment
SLT Sperrin Lakeland Health & Social Care Trust
SIB Strategic Investment Board
TCH Tyrone County Hospital
TFH Tyrone & Fermanagh Hospital
TUPE Transfer Under Protected Employment
WHSSB Western Health & Social Services Board