Abbreviations

Here you can find out what some of the most common medical abbreviations mean. This may be useful if you want to understand your health records.

An abbreviation is a short way of writing a longer word or phrase. Please note, healthcare staff sometimes use the same abbreviations to mean different things.

If you do not know what something in your health records means, please contact reception via our dashboard:

• NHS: Abbreviations you may find in your health records

Terminology

There is also a glossary of jargon terms that you may find useful:

• www.healthcareers.nhs.uk