Glossary
- ACP
Advance care plan
- AfC
Agenda for Change
- APPM
Association of Paediatric Palliative Medicine
- CCGs
Clinical commissioning group
- CCN
Community children’s nursing
- CHC
Continuing healthcare for adults
- CNS
Clinical nurse specialist
- CPOONs
Children and young people’s oncology outreach and symptom care nurse specialists
- C-POS
Children and young people’s palliative and end of life care Outcome Scale
- CQC
Care Quality Commission
- CRG
NHS England clinical reference group
- CYP
Children and young people
- CYPACP
Child or young person and Young Person’s Advance Care Plan Collaborative
- DLA
Disability living allowance
- DWP
Department of Work and Pensions
- EHC
Education, health and care
- EHCP
Education, health and care plan
- EHIA
Equalities and health inequalities impact assessment
- EPaCCs
Electronic patient care co-ordination systems
- GRID
Paediatric sub-speciality training
- HWB
Health and wellbeing board
- ICB
Integrated care board
- ICS
Integrated care system
- JSNA
Joint strategic needs assessment
- MDT
Multidisciplinary team
- NCMD
National Child Mortality Database
- NG
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline
- NICE
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence
- ODNs
Operational delivery network
- PCA
Patient controlled analgesia
- PCSP
Personalised care and support planning
- PEoLC
Palliative and end of life care
- PHB
Personal health budget
- PIP
Personal independence payment
- POSCU
Paediatric oncology shared care unit
- PTC
Principle treatment centre
- QOF
Quality and Outcomes Framework
- QS
Quality Standard
- RCPCH
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child or young person Health
- SCN
Strategic clinical network
- SEN
Special educational need
- SEND
Special educational need and disability
- SPIN
Special interest
- SREL
Special Rules for End of Life
- TAC
Teams around the child or young person
- TYA
Teenager and young adult
- WTE
Whole time equivalent