Jargon Buster Glossary - locsu

Jargon Buster Glossary Potential and new recruits to the Local Optical Committee (LOC) may find it useful to have this glossary of terms and organisations that they are likely to come across. LOCs may want to tailor this for local use by adding their own acronyms and terms. ABDO ACLM AOP AT AQP BCLA BIOS CCG CET CT CQC CQUIN CSU CT DH FMO FODO GOC GOS GPSI HES HSCIC HWB ICO IG IGT IOP ITT KPI LD LEHN LES LOC LOCSU LRC

Association of British Dispensing Opticians Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers Association of Optometrists Area Team Any Qualified Provider British Contact Lens Association British and Irish Orthoptic Society Clinical Commissioning Group Continuing Education and Training Competitive Tendering Care Quality Commission Commissioning for Quality and Innovation Commissioning Support Unit Competitive Tendering Department of Health Federation of Manufacturing Opticians Federation of (Ophthalmic and Dispensing) Opticians General Optical Council General Ophthalmic Services GP with a special interest Hospital Eye Services Health and Social Care Information Centre Health and Wellbeing Boards Information Commissioner's Office Information Governance Information Governance Toolkit Intra-ocular Pressures Invitation to Tender Key Performance Indicator Learning Disabilities Local Eye Health Networks Local Eye Services Local Optical Committee Local Optical Committee Support Unit Local Representative Committee

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Low Vision Minor Eye Conditions Service National Eye Health Epidemiological Model NHS Commissioning Board National Institute for Health and Care Excellence National Optometric Advisers Association National Optical Conference Optical Confederation Organisation Data Service Ocular Hypertension Ophthalmic Public Health Ophthalmic Public Health Network Objective Structured Clinical Examination Primary Care Support Pre-Qualifying Questionnaire Quality in Optometry Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention Ophthalmic Public Health Network Objective Structured Clinical Examination Royal College of Ophthalmologists Regional Optical Committee UK Vision Strategy Wales Optometry Postgraduate Education Centre