Primary Care Health Inequalities Short-Life Working Group: report
This report identifies recommendations to maximise primary care’s significant potential to tackle health inequalities and inequity across Scotland’s communities. The accompanying “Chance to Change Scotland” report also provides lived experience perspectives on the issues addressed in this report.
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AHP – Allied Health Profession
BMA – British Medical Association
C2C – Chance 2 Change
CCT – Certificate of Completion of Training
CLW – Community Links Worker
CMO – Chief Medical Officer
COVID-19 – Coronavirus disease
DEFRA – Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EMG – Expert Medical Generalist
GMS – General Medical Services
Govan SHIP – Govan Social and Health Integration Partnership
GP – General Practitioner
HIS – Healthcare Improvement Scotland
IAs – Integration Authorities
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
MRG – Ministerial Recovery Group
NCS – National Care Service
NES – NHS Education for Scotland
NHS – National Health Service (Scotland)
NRS – National Records of Scotland
OOH – Out of Hours
OT – Occupational Therapy
PCIPs – Primary Care Improvement Plans
PHS – Public Health Scotland
QNIS – Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland
RCGP – Royal College of General Practitioners
RCN – Royal College of Nursing
SIMD – Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
SLWG – Short Life Working Group
TOR – Terms of Reference
VHS – Voluntary Health Scotland
WHO – World Health Organization
Contact
Email: katrina.cowie@gov.scot
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