Breast Screen Aotearoa CVD CHD Coronary Obstructive Pulmonary / Disease / HPV / Standard Operating Procedures Insulin dependent diabetes mellitis Ischaemic heart disease LDL / Emergency Department CKD ACC Accident Compensation Corporation COPD Child Cancer Foundation Leukaemia / /
MedicalTreatment
Radiation / /
Organization
World Health Organisation / Medical and Medical Devices Safety Authority Ministry / Disabilities Royal NZ Federation of the Blind AT&R BCA Assessment / World Health Organization / National Science Foundation / Ministry of Health Did / FSA / Ministry of Health Framework Convention / NZ Health Promotion Health Research Council of NZ Healthy Eating / Primary Health Care Strategy Public Health Directorate / Committee Ministry of Social Development HDR HPV IMRT LINAC / Ministerial Advisory Committee / Ministry of Health Medsafe MoH MRC MSD / Primary Health Organisation Public Health Unit Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee / Society of NZ Child / Ministry of Health / /
Person
NIR PBFF PHAC PHARMAC PHCS / Oncologist / /
Position
Deputy Director-General / Linear Accelarator NRL RO RT / health and disability consumer representative / cancer non-government organisations Cancer Control NZ DM Diabetes Mellitis NZDF NZ Deaf Foundation CEO Chief Executive Officer / equivalent general practitioner high density lipoprotein First Specialist Assessment BCAC BCF CCF LBF NHF CRPD RNZFB Consumer Groups Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition Breast Cancer Foundation Clinical Chronic kidney disease HPI ICU NASC DHB Health Practitioner Index Intensive Care Unit / Director of Nursing CCNZ Coronary Care Unit Collaboration / cardiovascular disease Coronary Heart Disease CCU CANGO CNS DoN Clinical Nurse Specialist Director of Nursing CCNZ Coronary Care Unit / Senior Medical Officer / Consultant / Radiation Therapist / Director-General / / /
List of Useful Acronyms This is a list of health services and health and disability related acronyms which you may come across in your role as a health and disability consumer representative. The following websites also