Education and Training Jargon Buster
The acronyms just keep coming - here is a quick guide to some of the more commonly used acronyms. We will add to this as we come across others.| Acronym | Definition | Additional Information |
| AHSC | Academic Health Science Centre | A partnership between healthcare providers and universities with the aim of improving clinical and research outcomes. There are currently 3 AHSCs set up in London: • Imperial College Healthcare • King's Health Partners • UCL Partners |
| AHSP | Academic Health Science Partnership | Built on the same concept as AHCS, but is intended to bring together a broader range of higher education and healthcare providers to speed up the spread of evidence based best practice |
| AHSN |
Academic Health Science Network |
AHSNs will be designated based on a regional footprint and there will likely be from 10-15 or more across the country. |
| CCG | Clinical Commissioning Group | GP practices will work with other healthcare professionals, in partnership with local communities and Local Authorities to commission local health care services. |
| CfWI | Centre for Workforce Intelligence | Provides objective analysis and evidence for the planning and development of the workforce at national and local levels. |
| CPD | Continuing professional development | Refers to any learning that takes place outside undergraduate education and postgraduate training that helps a person maintain and improve their performance. It covers the development of knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours. It includes all learning activities, both formal and informal, that maintain and develop the quality of professional work. |
| CQC | Care Quality Commission | The independent regulator of health and adult social care services in England. It also protects people detained under the Mental Health Act. |
| CHRE | Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence | An independent organisation that is accountable to parliament. Its main focus is to promote the health, safety and well-being of patients and other members of the public in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. |
| ECQ | Education Commissioning for Quality | Education commissioning system for non-medical and medical staff to support world-class education commissioning. |
| EOF | Education Outcomes Framework | High level strategic workforce planning, education and training framework, providing clear line of sight and improvement to patient outcomes (NHS and Public Health Outcomes frameworks). The EOF sets out the key domains that will be used as a basis for DH to hold HEE to account for the outcomes it secures through the LETBs and its oversight of the commissioning of health education and training services. |
| HEE | Health Education England | Provides national leadership and oversight on planning and development of the healthcare workforce. It acts as a forum for the interests of healthcare providers, staff professionals and patients. |
| HENSE | Health Education National Strategic Exchange | Meeting of senior leaders in health and education including the department of Health, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and NHS employers. |
| HEI | Higher Education Institutions | Includes universities, academies, colleges, vocational schools - will work with education providers to tailor education and training programmes to ensure students have appropriate competencies. |
| HIEC | Health innovation and Education Cluster | A formal partnership between the NHS and the higher education sector, industry and other private and public sector organisations. They are responsible for speeding up the adoption and diffusion of best practice, research and development and innovation in healthcare through education and training. |
| HPR | Healthcare Professional Regulators | The main purpose for this group is to protect the public by keeping a register of health professionals who meet standards for their training, professional skills, behaviour and health. |
| LETB | Local Education Training Board | Accountable for allocating training and funding received from HEE. They co-ordinate workforce data and workforce plans for the local health economy in response to CCGs strategic commissioning plans. |
| MADEL | Medical and Dental Education Levy | Part of the Multi Professional Education and Training (MPET) budget allocation for doctors and dentists in training. |
| MPET | Multi Professional Education and Training budget | The Multi professional Education and Training budget is issued to the Strategic Health Authority. |
| MRC | Medical Royal Colleges | The MRC develop curricula for postgraduate medical training and set assessments and examinations in line with standards of the regulator to ensure fitness t practice. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges brings together the Medical Royal Colleges. |
| NMET | Non-medical Education Training | Part of the MPET budget allocation for Nursing, Midwifery, AHP, Managerial, Administrative, Scientific and Informatic and all other non-Medical or Dental workforces on any Agenda for Change pay banding. |
| SIFT | Service Increment for Teaching | NHS funding to offset the costs to the NHS of providing teaching to undergraduate medical (and dental) students, primarily through clinical placements. It covers both block grants to Acute/MH Trusts and sessional payments to GP practices. |