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Accident and emergency (A&E)
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the emergency departments of hospitals that deal with people who need emergency treatment because of sudden illness or injury. Sometimes called casulty departments.
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Acute care
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medical and surgical treatment usually provided by a hospital.
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Acute trust
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an NHS body that provides medical and surgical services from one or more hospitals
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Advocate
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an advocate is a person who supports or speaks in favour of another person. In the context of ICAS it is where a person supports someone making a complaint against the NHS.
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Agenda for change
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process for reforming NHS staff pay systems
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AHP
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Allied Health Professionals
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Ambulance
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A vehicle that carries patients
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Ambulance services
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ambulance services are all NHS trusts or part of trusts and respond to 999 calls; doctor's urgent admission requests; high-dependency and urgent interhospital transfers and major incidents. Non-emergency patient transport is commissioned separately
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APH
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Association for Public Health
