CCG	Clinical Commissioning Group
	Established in 2013 to commission local health services from provider organizations.
CfH	Connecting for Health
	The organization responsible for delivering the National Programme for Information Technology from 2005 to 2013.
DH	Department of Health
	The government department responsible for health from 1988 to 2018.
DHSC	Department of Health and Social Care
	The government department responsible for both health and social care since 2018.
EHR	Electronic Health Record
FHSA	Family Health Services Authority
	Responsible for the administration of local primary care services 1990 to 1999.
FPC	Family Practitioner Committee
	Responsible for the administration of local primary care services 1973 to 1990.
GP	General Practitioner
	A family physician in the United Kingdom.
HA	Health Authority An administrative tier in the NHS responsible for a geographical area and including Regional (1974—1996), Area (1974—1982), District (1974–1996), and Strategic (1996–2013) levels. A special NHS management organization with national responsibilities eg, the NHSIA.
HISS	Hospital Information Support System
	A pilot project from 1988 to 1994 to investigate the benefits from integrated information systems in NHS hospitals.
HSCIC	Health and Social Care Information Centre
	Established in 2005 alongside CfH and NPfIT to manage the service elements of NHS IT. Now operates as NHS Digital.
IMG	Information Management Group
	A group reporting to the NHS (Management) Executive and responsible for NHS IT until 1999.
IPU	Information Policy Unit
	A unit within the Department of Health overseeing NHS IT from 1999 to 2005.
NHS	National Health Service
	The publicly funded free at point-of-care service established in 1948.
NHSE	NHS Executive
	Renamed senior level of NHS management in the 1990s.
NHSIA	NHS Information Authority
	The arm’s length special health authority responsible for delivering NHS IT from 1999 to 2005.
NHSME	NHS Management Executive
	The senior level of NHS management in the early 1990s.
NPfIT	National Programme for Information Technology
	The NHS strategic IT program from 2003 to 2013.
PCG	Primary Care Group
	Responsible for budget management for local general practices from 1999 to 2000.
PCT	Primary Care Trust
	Responsible for allocating local general practice funds and commissioning services from providers from 2000 to 2013.