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Jargon Buster
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A-H
AOB – Any other business
ASBO – Anti-Social Behaviour Order
ASW – Approved Social Worker
BBC – Bournemouth Borough Council
BEDP – Bournemouth, East Dorset and Poole
BVPI – Best Value Performance Indicator
CBT – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
CLARC – Community Learning and Resource Centre
CMHT – Community Mental Health Team
CPA – Care Programme Approach
CPN – Community Psychiatric Nurse
CRE – Commission for Racial Equality
CSIP – Care Services Improvement Partnership
CVS – Council for Voluntary Services
DAT – Drug Action Team
DBT – Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
DHCT – Dorset Health Care Trust
DLA – Disability Living Allowance
DNA – Did not attend
DONM – Date of next meeting
DWP – Department for Work and Pensions
ECT – Electro Convulsive Therapy
EDDAAS – East Dorset Drug and Alcohol Service
EDMHCF – East Dorset Mental Health Carers’ Forum
EPP - Expert Patient Programme
EOC – Equal Opportunities Commission
FAO – For the attention of
FYI – For your information
H and SC - Health and Social Care
HCA – Health Care Assistant
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I-Z
ICPA – Integrated Care Programme Approach
IMCA - Independent Mental Capacity Advocate
ISIP – Integrated Service Improvement Programme
LA – Local Authority
LDP – Local Development Plan
LGA – Local Government Association
LIT – Local Implementation Team
NIMHE – National Institute for Mental Health England
NSF – National Service Framework
OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OT – Occupational Therapist
PALS – Patient Advice and Liaison Service
PCT – Primary Care Trust
PD – Personality Disorder
PE – Plain English
PIG – Project Implementation Guide
PPI Forum – Patient and Public Involvement Forum
PPP – Personal Performance Plan
REC – Race Equality Council
RF – Richmond Fellowship
SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder
SLA – Service Level Agreement
SMI – Severe Mental Illness
SS – Social Services
STR Worker – Support Time Recovery Worker
TNA – Training Needs Analysis
YOT – Youth Offending Team
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