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The table provided here courtesy of Royal College of Nursing is the first in a series of lists of commonly encountered medical acronyms for UK medical organisations. The aim of this project is to provide a corpus of useful acronyms to provide a handy online reference for enquiry and cataloguing work for archivists in the field. Please feel free to suggest any other entries to the finding aid and we will upload them as soon as possible.

UK Medical Acronyms

AcronymMedical OrganisationsContributor
ABAAn Bord Altranais - Southern Ireland Nursing Registration BoardRoyal College of Nursing
AHCArmy Medical CorpsRoyal College of Nursing
AMDArmy Medical DepartmentRoyal College of Nursing
AMSArmy Medical ServicesRoyal College of Nursing
ANSArmy Nursing ServiceRoyal College of Nursing
ANAAmerican Nurses’ AssociationRoyal College of Nursing
AONSAsian Oncology Nursing SocietyRoyal College of Nursing
BJNBritish Journal of NursingRoyal College of Nursing
BMABritish Medical AssociationRoyal College of Nursing
BMJBritish Medical JournalRoyal College of Nursing
BRCSBritish Rec Cross SocietyRoyal College of Nursing
CHANNELCentre of Help and Advice for Newcomers to Nursing Education and Life in the UKRoyal College of Nursing
CMBCentral Midwives BoardRoyal College of Nursing
CNFCommonwealth Nurses FederationRoyal College of Nursing
CNMFCommonwealth Nurses and Midwives FederationRoyal College of Nursing
CNRCivil Nursing ReserveRoyal College of Nursing
COHSEConfederation of Health Service EmployeesRoyal College of Nursing
DESDepartment of Education and ScienceRoyal College of Nursing
DHSSDepartment of health and Social SecurityRoyal College of Nursing
EECEuropean Economic CommunityRoyal College of Nursing
FANYFirst Aid Nursing YeomanryRoyal College of Nursing
GNCGeneral Nursing CouncilRoyal College of Nursing
GOCGeneral Officer CommandingRoyal College of Nursing
IANSIndian Army Nursing ServiceRoyal College of Nursing
IANEInstitute of Advanced Nursing EducationRoyal College of Nursing
ICCNInternational Conference on Cancer NursingRoyal College of Nursing
ICNInternational Council of nursesRoyal College of Nursing
INOIrish Nurses Organisation Royal College of Nursing
MNAMaternity Nursing AssociationRoyal College of Nursing
MOmedical officerRoyal College of Nursing
NALGONational Association of Local Government OfficersRoyal College of Nursing
NASENNational Association of State Enrolled NursesRoyal College of Nursing
NBSNational Board for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting for Scotland Royal College of Nursing
NCNNational Council of nurses of Great Britain and Ireland (later Northern Ireland)Royal College of Nursing
NCWNational Council of WomenRoyal College of Nursing
NHSNational Health ServiceRoyal College of Nursing
NIPECNorthern Ireland Practice & Education Council Royal College of Nursing
NMNursing MirrorRoyal College of Nursing
NMCThe Nursing and Midwifery CouncilRoyal College of Nursing
NSNursing StandardRoyal College of Nursing
NTNursing TimesRoyal College of Nursing
NUPENational Union of Public EmployeesRoyal College of Nursing
PMOPrincipal Medical OfficerRoyal College of Nursing
PRBPay review BodyRoyal College of Nursing
QAIMNSQueen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing ServiceRoyal College of Nursing
QARANCQueen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing CorpsRoyal College of Nursing
QNIQueens Nursing InstituteRoyal College of Nursing
QNI(S)Queens Nursing Institute (Scotland)Royal College of Nursing
RAMCRoyal Army Medical CorpsRoyal College of Nursing
RBNARoyal British Nurses AssociationRoyal College of Nursing
RCNRoyal College of NursingRoyal College of Nursing
RCMRoyal College of MidwivesRoyal College of Nursing
RRBRCN Representative Body (RCN)Royal College of Nursing
SENstate enrolled nurseRoyal College of Nursing
SJAASt John’s Ambulance AssocaitionRoyal College of Nursing
SJABSt John’s Ambulance BrigadeRoyal College of Nursing
SMASocialist Medical Association]Royal College of Nursing
SNACStanding Nursing Advisory CommitteeRoyal College of Nursing
SRNstate registered nurseRoyal College of Nursing
SWHScottish Women’s HospitalRoyal College of Nursing
TFNSTerritorial Force Nursing ServiceRoyal College of Nursing
TUCTrades Union CongressRoyal College of Nursing
UKCCUnited Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health VisitingRoyal College of Nursing
VADsVoluntary Aid Detachment workers (Red Cross)Royal College of Nursing
WNBWelsh National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Royal College of Nursing
WSIHVAWomen Sanitary Inspectors and Health Visitors AssociationRoyal College of Nursing
WHCWomen’s Hospital CorpsRoyal College of Nursing
WHOWorld Health OrganisationRoyal College of Nursing
WOWar OfficeRoyal College of Nursing
WSWCCWomen’s Sick and Wounded convoy CorpsRoyal College of Nursing
WVMSCWomen’s Volunteer Medical Staff CorpsRoyal College of Nursing
A list of medical acronyms for commonly encountered medical organisations, public bodies and publications kindly provided by the Royal College of Nursing