We realise that health and energy saving has a lot of jargon, so we thought we would put together a jargon buster to keep you up to date.
- Benefit Entitlement Check – A check run by Welfare Rights to assess which benefits a client is entitled to, and whether there are any further benefits that they could claim.
- CDDFT – County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust.
- CDHHP – County Durham Healthy Homes Parternship.
- CDPAP - County Durham Partnership Against Poverty.
- CHS - Central Heating System.
- CMD – Common Mental Disorders. There are links between CMD and fuel poverty.
- CMHT - Community Mental Health Team.
- COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
- CVD - Cardiovascular Disease.
- Decent Home – A home that meets the minimum standard for housing. It should be wind and weather tight, warm, and have modern facilities.
- DOH – Department of Health.
- ECI - Environmental Change Institute.
- EPC – Energy Performance Certificate.
- ESCOs – Energy Saving Companies.
- EST – Energy Saving Trust. UK’s leading impartial organisation helping people to save energy and reduce carbon emissions.
- EWDs – Excess Winter Deaths. Deaths that occur as a result of the winter monehts. Measured by the increase of winter deaths over non winter deaths. Also known as EWM (Excess Winter Mortality).
- Fuel Poverty – People living in fuel poverty are those spending more than 10% of the household income on heating their homes.
- HEC – Home Energy Check.
- HHSRS - Housing Health and Safety Rating System. Used to assess housing conditions.
- ICO – Integrated Care Organisation. The ICO brings together input, delivery, managment and organisation of services around diagnosis, treatment, care, rehabilitation and health promotion.
- IDAOPI – Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index. Used for measuring income deprivation affecting older people.
- Keep Warm Keep Well - Booklets and posters advising about keeping warm and healthy.
- LTCs – Long Term Conditions.
- NEA – National Energy Action.
- NEPHO – North east Public Health observatory. The regional health intelligence organisation, providing information and analysis to improve health and reduce inequalities.
- NHS CHS – NHS Community Health Services.
- Off-Gas Properties – Properties with energy supplied using electric, oil, LPG or solid fuels (e.g. wood). There are often rural properties.
- On-Gas Properties – Properties with energy supplied by natural gas from main gas pipelines for domestic use. These are often more urban properties.
- OP - Older People.
- PBOA – Partnership Board for Older Adults.
- PCT - Orimary care Trust.
- PVD – Peripheral Vascular Disease.
- TADEA – A leading energy advice company in the north-east of England.
- Vulnerable Adult – An adult who needs assistance to conduct his or her own affairs, or somebody receiving health and social care.
- WarmFront – A givernment grant scheme to make homes warmer and healthier.
- WHO – World Health Organisation.
- Winter Planning – NHS Preparations for the winter months. This will include schemes such as the flu jab for elderly and vulnerable people.
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