Part of Child Health Interoperability (CHI) implementation guide for child health information services
Abbreviations page
Abbreviations
Guide to abbreviations used in these guides.
| Term | What it stands for |
|---|---|
| BN | Birth Notification |
| Child/children |
The term child or children is used interchangeably throughout the document to ease reading Per the Healthy Child Programme, a child / children denotes children and young people' between the ages 0 to 19 years. |
| CHIS | Child Health Information Services |
| CHI | Child Health Interoperability |
| CHO | Child Health Organisation |
| DCH | Digital Child Health |
| DIP | Digital Interoperability Platform |
| DN | Death Notice |
| DPCHR | Digital Personal Child Health Record |
| EMS | Events Management Service |
| End User Organisation | The recipient providing or consuming an NHS Digital service from the connecting party directly or indirectly via an agent or commissioning body |
| EUO | End User Organisation |
| EUOD | End User Organisation Declaration |
| FHIR | Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources |
| HCS | Health Care Services |
| HV | Health Visitor |
| HVS | Health Visiting Service |
| ISN | Information Standards Notice |
| LEMS | Local Events Management Service |
| LHCRE | Local Health and Care Record Exemplars |
| MESH | Message Exchange for social care and health |
| NBSFS | National Blood Spot Failsafe System |
| NEMS | National Events Management Service |
| NIPE | Newborn and Infant Physical Examination |
| NRL | National Record Locator |
| ODS | Organisation Data Service |
| PHR | Personal Health Records |
| PDS | Personal Demographic Service |
| PHE | Public Health England |
| PRSB | Professional Records Standard Body |
| RCPCH | Royal College for Paediatrics and Child Health |
| SPA | Single Point of Access |
| Spine | Central point allowing local and national messages to be exchanged securely throughout NHS |
| Supplier | The connecting party organisation providing a product or service that is interfacing with NHS Digital. |
| SNS | School Nursing Services |
| S-flag |
A status of ‘S’ Sensitive can be set on the existing NHS number for a variety of reason at the request of the patient. If the patient record has an ‘S’ flag this restricts access to location information on a PDS record. Non- location identifiable data will be returned if an ‘S-flag’ has been applied to the patient’s PDS record. |
Last edited: 10 April 2025 3:24 pm