While the amount of jargon in the Transforming Wound Care implementation toolkit has been limited as much as possible, there are some key terms and acronyms that are explained here.

A

AHSN – Academic Health Science Network

B

BAU – Business as usual

D

DDI – Digital, data and information

DPIA – Data protection impact assessment

E

EHIA/EIA – Equality Health Impact Assessment / Equality Impact Assessment

F

FImpS – First tranche IMPlementation Site

H

HEE – formerly Health Education England, now NHS England

HIN – Health Innovation Network

L

LL – Lower limb

N

NWCSP – National Wound Care Strategy Programme

P

PM – Project management

PPIE – Public and patient involvement and engagement

PRSB – Professional Record Standards Body

Q

QI – Quality improvement

QOL – Quality of life

QSIR – Quality, service improvement and redesign

S

SLA – Service level agreement

T

TES – Test and evaluation site

TWC – Transforming Wound Care

W

WMDS – Wound management digital system