Glossary of terms

Our Contract Monitoring Reports contain a number of acronyms that are explained below:

  • ABC (chart) Antecedent Behaviour Consequence
  • ABHB Aneurin Bevan Health Board
  • ACM Assessment Care Management
  • ASDIT Adult Services Duty and Information Team
  • CCBC Caerphilly County Borough Council
  • CHC Continuing Healthcare
  • CMO Contract Monitoring Officer
  • COT Community Occupational Therapist
  • CPN Community Psychiatric Nurse
  • CRB Criminal Records Bureau
  • CSSIW Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales
  • DBS Disclosure and Barring Service
  • DN District Nurse
  • DNR Do Not Resuscitate
  • EDT Emergency Duty Team
  • FNC Funded Nursing Care
  • GP General Practitioner
  • HART Home Assistance and Reablement Team
  • IIP Investors In People
  • IT Information Technology
  • MAR Medication Administration Record
  • MUST Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool
  • NMS National Minimum Standards
  • NVQ National Vocational Qualification
  • OT Occupational Therapist
  • POVA Protection of Vulnerable Adults
  • PRN Pro Re Nata (As required)
  • QCF Qualifications and Credit Framework
  • RGN Registered General Nurse
  • RMN Registered Mental Nurse RN Registered Nurse
  • SOVA Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults UTI Urinary Tract Infection