| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| A&E | Accident & Emergency | |
| ASAR | Alcohol Specified Activity Requirement | Alcohol court sentence requirement |
| AC&S | Adult Care & Support | Social Services |
| ASRO | Addressing Substance Related Offending | Alcohol court sentence requirement |
| ATR | Alcohol Treatment Requirement | Alcohol use court order |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| BBV | Blood Borne Virus | Viruses that some people carry in their blood which may cause severe disease in certain people and few or no symptoms in other. |
| BCU | Basic Command Unit (Police) | |
| BME | Black & Minority Ethnic | |
| BSFT | Brief Solution Focussed Therapy | A therapeutic approach |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| CADA | Cornwall Alcohol & Drugs Agency | We Are With You |
| CAMHS | Children & Adolescent Mental Health Services | |
| CARATs | Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice, Throughcare service | |
| CCJ&D | Communities, Criminal Justice & Drugs Group | DAAT Partnership meeting |
| CDAT | Cornwall Drugs & Alcohol Team | NHS/CPT |
| CDRP | Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership | |
| CHAD | Community Hospital Alcohol Detox | Alcohol detox provision in local hospitals |
| CIOS | Cornwall & Isles of Scilly | |
| CJIT | Criminal Justice Integrated Team | Multi-agency team delivering DRRs, DIP & prolific offender work |
| CMHT | Community Mental Health Team | NHS/CPT |
| CP | Child Protection | |
| CPS | Crown Prosecution Service | |
| CPT | Cornwall Partnership Trust | NHS Community Mental Health and Substance Misuse Trust |
| CSF | Children, Schools & Families | A department of Cornwall Council |
| CUF | Cornwall Users Forum |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| DAAT | Drug and Alcohol Action Team | |
| DAMS | Drug and Alcohol Monitoring System | Allows service providers to upload their agency files for monthly data submission to the NDTMS programme |
| DANOS | Drug and Alcohol National Occupational Standards | National training knowledge set for all drug and alcohol practitioners |
| DCPA | Devon & Cornwall Probation Area | |
| DES | Designated Enhanced Service | GP based alcohol screening service |
| DIP | Drug Intervention Programme | National framework for Prison release and Arrest Referral drug work |
| DRD | Drug Related Death | |
| DRR | Drug Rehabilitation Requirement | Drug use court order |
| DTTO | Drug Treatment and Testing Order | |
| Dual Diagnosis | People with substance misuse and psychiatric problems |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| ECM | Every Child Matters | The government green paper issued in 2004 outlining the programme of change to improve outcomes for all children & young people |
| ECMS | Electronic Case Management System | |
| ECR | Extra Contractual Referral | Budget covering out of County detox/residential rehab |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| GOSW | Government Office South West | |
| GP | General Practitioner | |
| GPwSI | General Practitioner with Special Interest |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| HBV | Hepatitis B Virus | Blood borne virus |
| HCC | Health Care Commission | |
| HEPC | Hepatitis C | Blood borne virus |
| HR | Harm Reduction |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| IBA | Identification & Brief Advice | Alcohol brief intervention |
| ICP | Integrated Care Pathway | Maps the path a client will follow in their treatment and coordinates their care |
| IIMS | Integrated Information Management System | Inter-agency case management and data tool |
| ISDG | Integrated Service Development Group | DAAT meeting |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| JC+ | Job Centre + | |
| JCG | Joint Commissioning Group | DAAT commissioning forum including all partners |
| JCM | Joint Commissioning Manager |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicators | |
| KWIT | Kernow Women In Touch | Service user group specifically for women |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| LAA | Local Area Agreement | |
| LAC | Looked After Children | |
| LEA | Local Education Authority | |
| LES | Local Enhanced Service | GP based alcohol screening service |
| LIAP | Low Intensity Alcohol Module | Court sentence requirement |
| LSCB | Local Safeguarding Children Board |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| MI | Motivational Interviewing | A therapeutic approach |
| MOC | Models of Care | |
| MOCAM | Models of Care for Alcohol Misuse | National alcohol treatment Tiers framework |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| NAEG | Needs Assessment Expert Group | DAAT Needs Assessment Steering group |
| NAO | National Audit Office | |
| NCIS | National Crime Intelligence Service | |
| NDTMS | National Drug Treatment Monitoring System | System used by agencies, that provide structured treatment for drug and/or alcohol users, to submit data for the NTA |
| NHS | National Health Service | |
| NOMS | National Offender Management Scheme | |
| NRF | Neighbourhood Renewal Fund | A special non-ringfenced grant which has been made available to England’s most deprived authorities to improve services |
| NTA | National Treatment Agency | A special health authority within the NHS to improve the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment for drug misuse in England |
| NX | Needle Exchange | Injecting drug users can obtain new needles and associated injection equipment in exchange for their used ones |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| PCT | Primary Care Trust | NHS |
| PID | Project Initiation Document | A logical document that brings together the key information needed to start the project |
| PODs | Post Detox Group | CADA hosted multi-agency relapse prevention group |
| POU | Prolific Offender Unit | Made up of staff from police, probation and health, with contribution from prison, housing and community departments, these units work with offenders in the area who are then assessed for intervention |
| PPO | Prolific and Priority Offender | |
| PRU | Pupil Referral Units | Excluded pupils |
| PSHE | Personal Social Health Education | Educational teaching strand |
| PX | Prescription |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| RCHT | Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust | Treliske etc |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| SADQ | Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire | Screening tool |
| SHA | Strategic Health Authority | |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement | Work commissioned & evaluated, agreed by the DAAT and partner agencies |
| SP | Supporting People | Deliver high quality and strategically planned housing-related services which are cost effective and reliable, and complement existing care services |
| SPOC | Single Point of Contact | |
| SUs | Service Users | |
| SUST | Substance Use Screening Tool |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| Tiers of Service:Tier 1 | Tier 1 describes any service which may work with people, who are drug users, but this is not their core business and other people use these services as well. For example GP, Housing Offices, Dentist, A&E, Optician | |
| Tier 2 | Tier 2 describes open access drug treatment services, usually provided through a community based agency. Open access services are those which the client does not have to make an appointment for so are usually available on a drop-in basis. This includes advice & information about drugs and drug treatment, needle exchange, brief interventions or telephone helplines | |
| Tier 3 | Tier 3 describes structured treatment following an assessment of need and is appointment based. Tier 3 services include structured counselling, shared care, structured day care or specialist community prescribing | |
| Tier 4 | Tier 4 describes any inpatient drug treatment which includes inpatient detoxification or residential rehabilitation | |
| ToR | Terms of Reference | Describe the purpose and structure of a meeting or project |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| UKATT | UK Alcohol Treatment Trial | Project in Leeds (?) |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| WCC | World Class Commissioning | NHS/PCT commissioning process |
| Abbreviation | In full | Description |
| YOT | Youth Offending Team | Identifies the needs of each young offender by assessing them. Thus enables the YOT to identify suitable programmes to address the needs of the young person with the intention of preventing further offending |
| YP | Young People | |
| YZUP | Wise Up to Alcohol & Drugs – YP Service | Drug and alcohol service for young people. |
