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NHS acronyms
The NHS confederation has compiled an acronym buster with definitions for over a thousand commonly used healthcare abbreviations.
Acronyms specific to the Suffolk and north east Essex health and care system
ACE
Anglian Community Enterprise (this organisation is no longer active)
AH
Aspen House
BDC
Babergh District Council
C360
Community 360
CAS
Community Action Suffolk
CBC
Colchester Borough Council
CC2H
Care Closer to Home
CCVS
Colchester Community Voluntary Service
CGH
Colchester General Hospital
CHUFT
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust. This term in outdated. The Trust that now manages Colchester and Ipswich hospitals is East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT)
CVST
Community Voluntary Service Tendring
ECC
Essex County Council or Exceptional Clinical Case
EEAST
East of England Ambulance Service Trust
EH
Endeavour House
EoE
East of England
EPUT
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
ESAB
Essex Safeguarding Adults Board
ESCB
Essex Safeguarding Children Board
ESDC
East Suffolk District Council
ESNEFT
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
JPUH
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
IBC
Ipswich Borough Council
IES
Ipswich and East Suffolk
IES CCG
NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group (active between 2013-2022, the functions of this now dissolved organisation are now fulfilled by the NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board)
IESHWBA
Ipswich and East Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Alliance
MSDC
Mid Suffolk District Council
NEE
North East Essex
NEE CCG
NHS North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (active between 2013-2022, the functions of this now dissolved organisation are now fulfilled by the NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board)
NEEHWBA
North East Essex Health and Wellbeing Alliance
NSFT
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
PAH – Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
SCC
Suffolk County Council
SNEE ICB
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
SNEE ICP
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Partnership
SNEE ICS
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System
TDC
Tendring District Council
UoE
University of Essex
UoS
University of Suffolk
WS
West Suffolk
WS CCG
NHS West Suffolk CCG (active between 2013-2022, the functions of this now dissolved organisation are now fulfilled by the NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board)
WSH
West Suffolk House
WSHWBA
West Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Alliance