This NHS Business Definition is for information regarding organisations that will be in existence from April 2013. The definition will be updated with the current position after April 2013.

A Clinical Senate is an ORGANISATION.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	Clinical Senates

This NHS Business Definition is for information regarding organisations that will be in existence from April 2013. The definition will be updated with the current position after April 2013.

A Health and Wellbeing Board is an ORGANISATION.

A Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) is a forum where key leaders from the health and care system work together to improve the health and wellbeing of their local population and reduce health inequalities.

From April 2013, each Local Authority in England has a fully operational Health and Wellbeing Board. 

For further information on Health and Wellbeing Boards, see the Department of Health website.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	HWB
plural	Health and Wellbeing Boards

This NHS Business Definition is for information regarding organisations that will be in existence from April 2013. The definition will be updated with the current position after April 2013.

Health Education England is an ORGANISATION.

Health Education England (HEE) was established as a Special Health Authority, before assuming full operational responsibilities from April 2013.

Health Education England:

• provides leadership for the new education and training system
• ensures that the shape and skills of the future health and public health workforce evolve to sustain high quality outcomes for PATIENTS in the face of demographic and technological change
• ensures that the workforce has the right skills, behaviours and training, and is available in the right numbers, to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and drive improvements
• supports healthcare providers and clinicians to take greater responsibility for planning and commissioning education and training.

For further information on Health Education England, see the Health Education England website.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	HEE

The Health Protection Agency is an ORGANISATION.

The Health Protection Agency is an independent body that protects the health and well-being of the population.The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is an independent body that protects the health and well-being of the population. The Health Protection Agency plays a critical role in protecting people from infectious diseases and in preventing harm when hazards involving chemicals, poisons or radiation occur. The Health Protection Agency also prepares for new and emerging threats, such as a bio-terrorist attack or virulent new strain of disease.

From April 2013 the Health Protection Agency will close and become part of Public Health England.

For further information on the Health Protection Agency, see the Health Protection Agency website.

This NHS Business Definition is for information regarding organisations that will be in existence from April 2013. The definition will be updated with the current position after April 2013.

The Health Research Authority is an ORGANISATION.

The Health Research Authority (HRA) was established on 01 December 2011 as a Special Health Authority.

The purpose of the Health Research Authority is to protect and promote the interests of PATIENTS and the public in health research.

For further information on the Health Research Authority, see the Health Research Authority website.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	HRA

This NHS Business Definition is for information regarding organisations that will be in existence from April 2013. The definition will be updated with the current position after April 2013.

Healthwatch England is an ORGANISATION.

Healthwatch England works with Local Healthwatch and:

• advises the NHS Commissioning Board, English Local Authorities, Monitor and the Secretary of State for health.
• has the power to recommend that action is taken by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) when there are concerns about health and social care services.

For further information on Healthwatch England, see the:

• Care Quality Commission website
• Healthwatch website.

This NHS Business Definition is for information regarding organisations that will be in existence from April 2013. The definition will be updated with the current position after April 2013.

A Local Healthwatch is an ORGANISATION.

A Local Healthwatch covers every Local Authority area in England.

A Local Healthwatch:

• represents the views of:
  • people who use SERVICES
  • carers and
  • the public

on the Health and Wellbeing Boards set up by Local Authorities

• provides a complaints advocacy service to support people who make a complaint about SERVICES

• reports concerns about the quality of health care to Healthwatch England, which can then recommend that the Care Quality Commission take action. 

For further information on Local Healthwatch, see the:

• Care Quality Commission website
• Healthwatch website.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
formerly	Local Involvement Networks (LINks)

Monitor is an ORGANISATION.

Monitor is the independent regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts.

Monitor:

• is the sector regulator for health care, i.e. regulates all providers of NHS funded SERVICES in England, except those that are exempt under secondary legislation
• also set the tariffs for Payment by Results (PbR).

Monitor's main duty is to:

protect and promote the interests of people who use health care SERVICES by promoting the provision of SERVICES which are economic, efficient and effective, and maintains or improves the quality of the SERVICES.

For further information on Monitor, see the Monitor website.

The NHS Business Services Authority is a Special Health Authority, which is an ORGANISATION.

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) provides a range of critical central services to NHS ORGANISATIONS, NHS contractors, PATIENTS and the public.

For further information on the NHS Business Services Authority, see the NHS Business Services Authority website.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	NHSBSA

NHS Dental Services (previously known as the NHS Business Services Authority Dental Services Division) is an operating division of the NHS Business Services Authority.NHS Dental Services (previously known as the NHS Business Services Authority Dental Services Division) is an operating division of the NHS Business Services Authority.

The main duties of NHS Dental Services are:

• Support the Secretary of State in the form of the Department of Health and the Welsh Assembly Government, in determination of dental policy and strategy;
• Produce statistics and key information for national, regional, Strategic Health Authority, Primary Care Trust and Local Health Board purposes;
• Transferring payments to dentists on behalf of Primary Care Trusts and Local Health Boards

For further information on NHS Dental Services, see the NHS Dental Services website.

The NHS dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d) is a dictionary delivered through a partnership between NHS Connecting for Health and NHS Business Services Authority.The NHS dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d) is a dictionary delivered through a partnership between NHS Connecting for Health and NHS Business Services Authority.

The NHS dictionary of medicines and devices is a dictionary containing unique identifiers and associated textual descriptions for medicines and medical devices. It has been developed for use throughout the NHS as a means of uniquely identifying the specific medicines and devices used in the diagnosis and treatment of PATIENTS.

For further information on the NHS dictionary of medicines and devices, see the NHS dictionary of medicines and devices website.

An NHS Foundation Trust is a type of NHS Trust which is an ORGANISATION.

NHS Foundation Trusts:

• are not-for-profit, public benefit corporations
• provide over half of all NHS hospital, mental health and Ambulance Services
• were created to devolve decision making from central government to local ORGANISATION and communities
• provide and develop healthcare according to core NHS principles - free care, based on need and not ability to pay.

For further information on NHS Foundation Trusts, see the:

• Monitor website
• NHS Choices website.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

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plural	NHS Foundation Trusts

NHS Prescription Services (previously known as the NHS Business Services Authority Prescription Pricing Division) is one of the services supplied by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). The NHS Business Services Authority was created in 2006 following a Department of Health review.NHS Prescription Services (previously known as the NHS Business Services Authority Prescription Pricing Division) is one of the services supplied by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA).

NHS Prescription Services processes over three million prescription items every working day.

NHS Prescription Services' primary responsibilities are:

• Examination, checking, pricing and analysis of the NHS prescriptions for drugs, medicine and appliances in England;
• Payments to pharmacy contractors, appliance contractors and authorisation of payments to dispensing doctors in England;
• Provision of regular and prompt information on the costs and trends of prescribing in England;
• Supplying England, Isle of Man and Channel Island GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER codes;
• Supplying England, Isle of Man and Channel Island GP Practice codes;
• Supplying codes for England, Isle of Man and Channel Island pharmacy and appliance dispensers.

For further information on NHS Prescription Services, see the NHS Prescription Services website.

This NHS Business Definition is for information regarding organisations that will be in existence from April 2013. The definition will be updated with the current position after April 2013.

The NHS Trust Development Authority is an ORGANISATION.

Following the abolition of Strategic Health Authorities (SHA), the NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA) is responsible for overseeing the performance management and governance of NHS Trusts, including clinical quality, and managing their progress towards NHS Foundation Trust status.

The NHS Trust Development Authority plays its part in safeguarding the core values of the NHS, ensuring a fair and comprehensive service across the country and promoting the NHS Constitution.

For further information on the NHS Trust Development Authority, see the NHS Trust Development Authority website.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	NHS TDA

ORGANISATIONS such as the Health and Social Care Information Centre, General Medical Council etc which are included in the NHS Data Model and Dictionary.

• Referenced Organisations:
  • American Joint Committee on Cancer
  • British Association for Paediatric Nephrology
  • British Psychological Society
  • British Renal Society
  • British Transplantation Society
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Community Health Partnership (Scotland)
  • Department for Education
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Department for Work and Pensions Overseas Healthcare Team
  • Department of Health 
  • European Renal Association (European Dialysis and Transplant Association)
  • Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)
  • GS1
  • Health and Social Care Information Centre
  • Health Protection Agency
  • Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation
  • International Society of Paediatric Oncology
  • Local Health Board (Wales)
  • Local Commissioning Group (Northern Ireland)
  • National Cancer Intelligence Network
  • National Commissioning Group
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
  • National Joint Registry
  • National Kidney Federation
  • National Specialised Commissioning Group
  • NHS Commissioning Board
  • NHS Dental Services
  • NHS Prescription Services
  • NHS Wales Informatics Service
  • Office for National Statistics
  • Ofsted
  • Organisation Data Service
  • Royal College of General Practitioners
  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • The Casemix Service
  • The Renal Association
  • UK National Screening Committee
  • The Royal Marsden
  • UK Renal Registry
  • UK Terminology Centre
  • World Health Organisation
  • Union for International Cancer Control
  • United Kingdom Association of Cancer Registries
  • World Health Organisation
• Referenced Organisations:
  • American Joint Committee on Cancer
  • British Association for Paediatric Nephrology
  • British Psychological Society
  • British Renal Society
  • British Transplantation Society
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Community Health Partnership (Scotland)
  • Department for Education
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Department for Work and Pensions Overseas Healthcare Team
  • Department of Health 
  • European Renal Association (European Dialysis and Transplant Association)
  • Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)
  • GS1
  • Health and Social Care Information Centre
  • Health and Wellbeing Board
  • Health Education England
  • Health Protection Agency
  • Health Research Authority
  • Healthwatch England
  • Information Standards Board for Health and Social Care
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation
  • International Society of Paediatric Oncology
  • Local Health Board (Wales)
  • Local Healthwatch
  • Local Commissioning Group (Northern Ireland)
  • Monitor
  • National Cancer Intelligence Network
  • National Commissioning Group
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
  • National Joint Registry
  • National Kidney Federation
  • National Specialised Commissioning Group
  • NHS Business Services Authority
  • NHS Commissioning Board
  • NHS Dental Services
  • NHS Prescription Services
  • NHS Trust Development Authority
  • NHS Wales Informatics Service
  • Office for National Statistics
  • Ofsted
  • Organisation Data Service
  • Public Health England
  • Royal College of General Practitioners
  • Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • The Casemix Service
  • The Renal Association
  • UK National Screening Committee
  • The Royal Marsden
  • UK Renal Registry
  • UK Terminology Centre
  • World Health Organisation
  • Union for International Cancer Control
  • United Kingdom Association of Cancer Registries
  • World Health Organisation

• Regulatory Bodies:
  • General Chiropractic Council
  • General Dental Council
  • General Medical Council
  • General Optical Council
  • General Osteopathic Council
  • General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Health and Care Professions Council
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Ophthalmic Qualifications Committee

This NHS Business Definition is for information regarding organisations that will be in existence from April 2013. The definition will be updated with the current position after April 2013.

Public Health England is an ORGANISATION.

Public Health England (PHE) took up its full powers on 1 April 2013.

For further information on Public Health England, see the Department of Health website.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	PHE