| Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| PUCC | Primary Urgent Care Centre |
| PUN | patient unmet needs |
| PUN | plasma urea nitrogen |
| PVL | Panton-Valentine leukocidin |
| PwSI | Practitioner with Special Interest (GP with special interest) |
| PYA | Penultimate Year Assessment |
| q | long arm of a chromosome |
| q | quintal |
| QA | quality accounts |
| QA | quarternary amine |
| QA | quinolinic acid |
| QAA | Quality Assurance Authority |
| QAFP | Quality Assurance of the Foundation Programme |
| QALY | quality-adjusted life year |
| QARC | Quality Assurance Reference Centre |
| QAT | quality assessment team |
| QAW | Quality Assurance Work |
| QC | Queen’s Counsel |
| QC | Queens Counsel |
| QEHB | Queen Elizabeth Hospitals Birmingham |