NHS Jargon buster – F
- FHSCU – Family Health Services Computer Unit
- FMTS – Financial Management Training Scheme
- FPA – Family Planning Association – Family Planning Information Service
- FTE – Full Time Equivalent; the measurement of posts or jobs. Also known as Whole Time Equivalent or WTE
- units providing a range of services for young children and their families, for example day care and drop-in facilities
- staff, usually associated with Social Services Departments, who work closely with families for example, to support families where children may be suffering from neglect or other problems.
- initiative with six local Further Education Colleges and the Greater Nottingham Training and Enterprise Council for the provision of vocational courses, education and training to support people returning to work or seeking re-training.
- Department of Health guidance on standards of service and clinical governance.
- community or collectively run enterprises aiming to provide good quality foods at economic prices
- the relaxation or removal of statutory or mandatory regulations which can be requested from central government to assist HAZ development
NHS Jargon buster – G
- GATT – General Agreement on Tariff & Trade
- GDC- General Dental Council
- GDP – General Dental Practitioner/Gross Domestic Product
- GDS -General Dental Services
- GIS – Geographic Information System (mapping)
- GM– General Manager
- GMC – General Medical Council
- GMS– General Medical Services
- GMSC– General Medical Services Committee
- GNP – Gross National Product
- GOS– General Opthalmic Services
- GP– General Practitioner
- GPAQ – General Practice Assessment Questionnaire
- GPC – General Practitioners Committee
- GPS – General Pharmaceutical Services
- GUM – Genito Urinary Medicine
- Gastrointestinal disease – disease of the stomach and intestines
- Gedling and Hucknall Early Intervention Project – a joint health and social services initiative which targets families in the Gedling and Hucknall areas who need extra support because of the mental health needs of their children. The aim of the project is to keep families together and prevent children being taken into care
- General Medical Services – the core range of services provided by family doctors (GPs) and their staff. These are defined by an Act of Parliament (Section 29 of the 1997 Act) and outlined in regulation (General Medical Services Regulations 1992)
- GP Links – the electronic links between individual GP Practices and the health authority to enable the computer to replace paper for everyday transactions and some data exchange. The system can also be used for writing prescriptions and there are plans to link GP surgeries electronically with pharmacies
- Green Paper – the consultation stage of the legislative process. White Papers follow on from this stage
- Guideline Careers Service – a company which links career guidance to the needs of local employers and the areas’s economic development. It works in partnership with Training and Enterprise Councils, the local authorities and education and business groups
- Gynaecology – the study of diseases of women and girls, particularly the reproductive organs
- Gynaecological – diseases which affect women
