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Health and Social Services Glossary of Acronyms
(Starting with "G")
By
Martin Rathfelder,
Director, Socialist Health Association,
Manchester, UK
admin[at]sochealth.co.uk
http://www.sochealth.co.uk/glossary/glossary.htm
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G-CAT Government IT Catalogue
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting
Practice
GAD generalised anxiety
or Government Actuary's Department
GAG Getting Ahead of the Game
GALÂ Guardian Ad Litem
GALROÂ Guardian Ad Litem Reporting
Officer - these are appointed to represent the best
interests of the child. The Guardian is an independent
social worker
GAPS Genetic Information And
Patient Services, Inc
GAS Gloucestershire
Ambulance Service
or Group A Streptococcus
GATB Global
Alliance for TB Drug Development
GATS General
Agreement on Trade in Services
GAYE Give As You Earn
GBP Pounds sterling - for people
who don't have a Ј sign
GBS Guillaine-Barre
Syndrome
GCC General
Chiropractic Council
GCS Glasgow
Coma Score
GCSE General
Certificate of Secondary Education
GDA Guidline Daily Amount
GDC General
Dental Council
GDP General Dental Practitioners - dentists who
work either in private practice, for the NHS, or offer a combined service
or Gross Domestic Product
GDS General Dental Services
GENECIS General Clinical Information
System
GFR Glomerular Filtration Rate
GGHB Greater
Glasgow Health Board
GGNHSB Greater Glasgow NHS
Board
GH Growth
Hormone
GHG General
Healthcare Group
GHQ General
Health Questionnaire
GHS General
Household Survey
GI Gastro-intestinal
GIDA Government Intervention
in Deprived Areas
GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out
GIS Geographical Information System - an organised
collection of computer hardware and software designed
to create, manipulate, analyse and display geographical
data.
GISA Glycopeptide-intermediate
resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
GIST Gastrointestinal Stromal
Tumour
GIT Gastro-intestinal Tract
GLA Greater
London Authority
GLAD Greater London Association of Disabled People
GLC Greater
London Council
glc gas-liquid chromatography
GM Geiger-Muller
GMAS Greater
Manchester Ambulance Service
or Greater Manchester Action on Smoking
GMB Formerly the General Municipal
and Boilermakers Union
GMC General
Medical Council
GMCDP Greater
Manchester Coalition of Disabled People
GMCVO Greater
Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation
GMEX Greater Manchester Exhibition
centre
GMO genetically
modified organisms
GMP Greater
Manchester Police
or General Medical Practitioner
GMPTE Greater Manchester Passenger
Transport Executive
GMR Greater
Manchester Radio
GMS General
Medical Services. Mostly provided by GPs
under the NHS (General Medical Services) regulations
1992
GMSC General Medical Services
Committee
GNP Gross National Product
GNVQ General National Vocational
Qualifications
GO Government Office for the
Regions
GO-East Government
Office for the East of England
GO-NW Government
Office for the North West
GOA Gone On Arrival
GOC Gynaecological Oncology
Centre
or General
Optical Council
GOEM Government
Office for the East Midlands
GOK God Only Knows
GOL Government
Office for London
GOMA Get out of My Ambulance
GOMER Get Out Of My Emergency
Room (US slang for an unwelcome patient)
GONW Government
Office North West
GOP General
Optical Council
GORs Government
Office for the Regions
GOS General Ophthalmic Service
GOSC General
Osteopathic Council
GOSE Government
Office for the South East
GOSH Great
Ormond Street Hospital for Children
GOSW Government
Office for the South West
GOWM Government
Office for the West Midlands
GOYH Government
Office for Yorkshire and The Humber
GP General
practitioner - Family doctor
or Green Paper
GPAS General Practice Assessment
Survey. Produced by the NPCRDC
GPASS General Practice Administration
System Scotland
GPCG GP Commissioning group.
See HSC 1998/030
GPEC GP Emergency Centre
GPFC General
Practice Finance Corporation
GPFH GP Fund Holder
GPCC GP Commissioning Consultant
GPIAG General
Practice Airways Group
GPMSS General Practice Minimum
System Specification
GPO Good for Parts Only
GPS Global Positioning System
GPWSI GPs
with a special interest
GRE Grant Related Expenditure
(replaced by NRE)
GREA Grant Related Expenditure
Assessment (replaced by SSA)
GRH Gloucester
Royal Hospital
GRIPP Getting Research Into
Purchasing and Practice
GSCC General
Social Care Council
GSI Government Secure Intranet
GSL General Sales List - a
medicine which can be sold anywhere
GSOH Good Sense of Humour just
as important in the Health Service as on the lonely
hearts pages
GSW Gun Shot Wound
GTLRC Gypsy
and Traveller Law Reform Coalition
GTN Glyceryl
Trinitrate
or Government Telephone Network
GUCH Grown
Up Congenital Heart Patients Association
GUM Genito Urinary medicine.
Where STDs are treated
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