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A&E	Accident and Emergency
ACART	Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technologies
AHMAC	Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council
AHMC	Australian Health Ministers’ Conference
AIMS	Ambulatory Inpatient Medical Service
ALAC	Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand
ALOS	Average Length of Stay
ASMS	Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
BSA	BreastScreen Aotearoa
BSI	Blood Stream Infection
CAMHS	Child and youth mental health and addiction services
CARM	Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring
CCC	Cancer Control Council
CCU	Coronary Care Unit
CEO	Chief Executive Officer
CFA	Crown Funding Agreement
CFO	Chief Financial Officer
CID	Corporate Information Directorate
CSD	Corporate Services Directorate
CTA	Clinical Training Agency
CYMRC	Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee
DAP	District Annual Planning
DHB/s	District Health Board/s

DHBNZ	District Health Boards New Zealand
DG	Director-General of Health
DDG	Deputy Director-General


DSP	District Strategic Plans
DSS	Disability Support Services
ECART	Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology
ED	Emergency Department
EpiQual	National Health Epidemiology and Quality Assurance Advisory Committee (disbanded in 2007 and replaced with the Quality Improvement Committee (QIC))
ELT ECART	Executive Leadership Team of the Ministry of Health Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technologies
ETP	Entry to Practice
FCTC	Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
FSANZ	Food Standards Australia New Zealand
FTE	Full Time Equivalent
GP	General Practitioner
HART Act	Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
HDECs	Regional Health and Disability Ethics Committees
HealthPAC	Health Payments, Agreements and Compliance
HFA	Health Funding Authority (merged with the Ministry of Health in 2001
HISAC	Health Information Strategy Action Committee
HIS-NZ	Health Information Strategy for New Zealand
HPCA	Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
HPDT	Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal
HRC	Health Research Council of New Zealand
HSC	Health Sponsorship Council
HWAC	Health Workforce Advisory Committee (now disbanded)
HEHA	Healthy Eating - Health Action
HBI	Hospital Benchmarking Information
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
IDFs	Inter-district Flows
IMMP	Intensive Medicines Monitoring Programme
IDPs	Indicators of DHB Performance
IQ	Improving Quality
KPI	Key Performance Indicator (Framework
LMC	Lead Maternity Carer
MAAC	Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee
MACCAH	Ministerial Advisory Committee on Complementary and Alternative Health (now disbanded)
MAF	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
MARC	Medicines Adverse Reactions Committee
MCC	Medicines Classification Committee
MECA	Multi Employer Collective Agreement
Medsafe	New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority
MFAT	Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade
MH(CAT)Act 1992	Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992
MHINC	Mental Health Information National Collection
MLAC	Medical Licensing Advisory Committee
MMR	Measles, Mumps and Rubella
MoH	Ministry of Health

MSD	Ministry of Social Development
NASC	Needs Assessment Service Co-ordination
NCSP	National Cervical Screening Programme
NCSR	National Cancer Screening Register
NDSA	Northern DHB Support Agency Limited
NEAC	National Ethics Advisory Committee
NECAHR	National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction

NGO	Non-governmental Organisation
NHC	National Health Committee
NPAC	New Prescribers Advisory Committee
NRL	National Radiation Laboratory
NSAC	National Screening Advisory Committee
NSU	National Screening Unit
NSTR	National Service and Technology Review sub-committee
NZBS	New Zealand Blood Service
NZCR	Mortality Cancer Registry
NZDS	New Zealand Disability Strategy
NZFSA	New Zealand Food Safety Authority
NZHS	New Zealand Health Strategy
NZHIS	New Zealand Health Information Service
NZNO	New Zealand Nurses Organisation
OAG	Ofﬁce of the Controller and Auditor-General
OCC	Office of the Commissioner for Children
ODI	Office for Disability Issues
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OIA	Official Information Act
OPC	Office of the Privacy Commissioner
OPF	Operating Policy Framework
OSH	Occupational Safety and Health
OT	Occupational Therapy
PAM	Performance Assessment and Management (Steering Group)
PBFF	Population Based Funding Formula
PHAC	Public Health Advisory Committee (subcommittee of the National Health Committee)
PHARMAC	Pharmaceutical Management Agency
PHCS	Primary Health Care Strategy

PHO	Primary Health Organisation
PHU	Public Health Unit
PMMRC	Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee
PTAC	Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee
RANZCP	Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
RDA	Resident Doctors Association
RFP	Request for Proposal
RHMU	Residual Health Management Unit
RPA	Radiation Protection Act 1965
RPAC	Radiation Protection Advisory Council
SCS	Service Coverage Schedule
SIA	Services to Improve Access
SISSAL	South Island Shared Services Agency Limited
SMO	Senior Medical Officer
SMT	Senior Managment Team
SCI	Sector Capability and Innovation Directorate
SPINA	Service Planning and New Health Intervention Assessment (Framework)
TAS	Central Region Technical Advisory Services Limited
TEC	Tertiary Education Commission
The Act	The New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
The Bill	The Health Practitioners’ Competence Assurance Bill
The Code	Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights
The Commission	The Mental Health Commission
The Commissioner	The Health and Disability Commissioner
The Group	The National Kaitiaki Group
The Minister	The Minister of Health
The Ministry	The Ministry of Health
The Office	The Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Sector	The New Zealand health and disability sector
UNHSAG	Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Group
WAVE	Working to Add Value through E-information
WHA	World Health Assembly
WHO	World Health Organization