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Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

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NHS Digital Social Care programme

NHS Improvement

NHS Long-term Plan

NHS app library

NHS CHC

NHS continuing healthcare assessment

NHS local area teams

NHS number status

NHS nursing care contribution

NICE guidelines

Named care coordinator

Named social worker

NDG

National Data Guardian

NICE

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

National Insurance number

NPSA

National Patient Safety Agency

National minimum eligibility threshold

National record locator

National wellbeing measure (ONS4)

Natural support

Nearest relative

Necessary and appropriate

NSA

Needs and safety assessment

Needs assessment

Needs-led provision

Neglect and acts of omission

Net current expenditure

Network operator

Neurovestibular disorders

NGN

Next generation network

Night shelter / emergency hostel / direct access hostel (temporary accommodation accepting self-referrals)

No change in long term support

No direct support provided to carer

NRPF

No recourse to public funds

No refusals requirement

No services provided - Deceased

No services provided - Needs identified but self-funding

No services provided - Needs identified but support declined

No services provided - No identified needs

No services provided - Universal services/signposted to other services

No services provided - other reason

Nominated individual

Nominated person

Non-chargeable services

Non-eligible needs

Non-instructed advocacy

Notice of assessment or discharge

Notifiable disease

Notifiable incident

Notional budget

Novel coronavirus

Number of adults being cared for

Number of weeks external provision

Number of weeks in house provision

Number of weeks total provision

Nutritional and hydration needs

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