| ACI |
African, coloured and Indian |
| AD |
Alzheimer's disease |
| AGM |
Annual general meeting |
| AMG |
Alliance Medical Group Limited |
| AMS |
Antimicrobial stewardship |
| ASL |
Azienda Sanitaria Locale |
| BAU |
Business as usual |
| B-BBEE |
Broad-based black economic empowerment |
| BSI |
British Standards Institution |
| Capex |
Capital expenditure |
| CAUTI |
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection |
| CDC |
Community Diagnostic Centre |
| CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
| CGC |
Clinical governance committee |
| CIP |
Co-investment plan |
| CISO |
Chief Information Security Officer |
| CLABSI |
Central line-associated bloodstream infection |
| CMS |
Council for Medical Schemes |
| Companies Act |
South African Companies Act, 71 of 2008 (as amended) |
| CPE |
Continuing professional education |
| CPI |
Consumer price index |
| cps |
Cents per share |
| CRMP |
Compliance risk management plans |
| CSI |
Corporate social investment |
| CT |
Computerised tomography |
| Deloitte |
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited |
| DI |
Diagnostic imaging |
| DMD |
Disease modifying drug |
| DOH |
Department of Health |
| DSP |
Designated service provider |
| EBIT |
Earnings before interest and tax |
| EBITA |
Earnings before interest, tax and depreciation |
| EBITDA |
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation |
| EEA |
European Economic Area |
| EHS |
Life Employee Health Solutions |
| EPS |
Earnings per share |
| ESG |
Environment, social and governance |
| ESP |
Employee share plan |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUR |
European Union Euro |
| EVDS |
Electronic vaccination data system |
| EVP |
Employee value proposition |
| EWP |
Employee wellness programme |
| EXCO |
Executive Committee |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FDG |
Fluorodeoxyglucose |
| FSCA |
Financial Sector Conduct Authority |
| FTSE |
Financial Times Stock Exchange |
| GBP |
Great Britain pound |
| GCE |
Group Chief Executive |
| GDP |
Gross domestic product |
| GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulation |
| GEMS |
Government Employees Medical Scheme |
| GOC |
Group operating committee |
| GP |
Guaranteed package |
| GRI |
Global Reporting Initiative |
| gW |
Giga watt |
| H1-2020 |
Six-month period from 1 October 2019 to 31 March 2020 |
| H1-2021 |
Six-month period from 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021 |
| H2-2020 |
Six-month period from 1 April 2020 to 30 September 2020 |
| H2-2021 |
Six-month period from 1 April 2021 to 30 September 2021 |
| HAI |
Healthcare associated infections |
| HASA |
Hospital Association of South Africa |
| HCAHPS |
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems |
| HCRW |
Healthcare risk waste |
| HEPS |
Headline earnings per share |
| HFO |
Heavy fuel oil |
| HMI |
Healthcare Market Inquiry |
| HOOS |
Hip osteoarthritis outcomes score |
| HPCSA |
Health Professions Council of South Africa |
| HQA |
Health quality assessment |
| HR |
Human resources |
| ICU |
Intensive care unit |
| IFRS |
International Financial Reporting Standards |
| International
<IR>
Framework |
International <IR> Framework (January 2021) |
| IoDSA |
Institute of Directors in South Africa |
| ISMS |
Information security management system |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| IT |
Information technology |
| JSE |
Johannesburg Stock Exchange Limited |
| King IV |
King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2016 |
| kg |
Kilogram |
| kl |
Kilolitre |
| KOOS |
Knee osteoarthritis outcomes score |
| KPA |
Key performance area |
| KPI |
Key performance indicator |
| kWh |
Kilowatt hour |
| KZN |
KwaZulu-Natal |
| LCP |
Life core purpose |
| Life EHS |
Life Employee Health Solutions |
| LGH |
Lifecare Group Holdings |
| LMI |
Life Molecular Imaging |
| LPG |
Liquefied petroleum gas |
| LTI |
Long-term incentive |
| LTIP |
Long-term incentive plan |
| MEC |
Member of the Executive Council |
| MOI |
Memorandum of Incorporation |
| MRI |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| NCD |
Non-communicable disease |
| NED |
Non-executive director |
| NEPS |
Normalised earnings per share |
| NHI |
National Health Insurance |
| NHS |
UK National Health Service |
| OEM |
Original equipment manufacturer |
| PET-CT |
Positron emission tomography-computerised tomography |
| POPIA |
Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 |
| PPD |
Paid patient day |
| PPE |
Property, plant and equipment |
| PPP |
Public-private partnership |
| PSP |
Progressive supranuclear palsy |
| PV |
Photo voltaic |
| PwC |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. |
| PXM |
Patient experience measure |
| QMS |
Quality management system |
| QSSS |
Quality systems support specialist |
| R&D |
Research and development |
| RCITGC |
Risk, compliance and IT governance committee |
| REMCO |
Human resources and remuneration committee |
| ROCE |
Return on capital employed |
| ROIC |
Return on invested capital |
| RONA |
Return in net assets |
| SA |
South Africa |
| SANC |
South African Nursing Council |
| SANCB |
South African National Council for the Blind |
| Scanmed |
Scanmed S.A. |
| SDG |
Sustainability Development Goals |
| SDLC |
Systems development lifecycle |
| SENS |
Stock Exchange News Service |
| SET |
Social, Ethics and Transformation |
| SOC |
Security operations centre |
| SOE |
State owned enterprise |
| SSI |
Surgical site infections |
| STI |
Short-term incentive |
| TBD |
To be determined |
| TCD |
Temporary capacity diverts |
| TCO |
Total cost of ownership |
| TDI |
Transformation, diversity and inclusion |
| TSR |
Total shareholder return |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UNGC |
United Nations Global Compact |
| UOM |
Unit of measurement |
| US |
United States |
| VAP |
Ventilator-associated pneumonia |
| VCP |
Variable compensation plan |
| VWAP |
Volume weighted average price |
| WACC |
Weighted average cost of capital |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| ZAR |
South African Rand |
