Effective Clinical Commissioning Policy List
Aesthetic Surgery
- Aesthetic surgery – general principles
- Abdominoplasty and apronectomy
- Blepharoplasty
- Body contouring procedures
- Breast augmentation (non-cancer)
- Breast reconstruction (post cancer)
- Developmental asymmetry
- Facial procedures
- Female breast reduction
- Male breast reduction for Gynaecomastia
- Other breast procedures
- Removal and replacement of breast implants
- Skin and subcutaneous procedures
Dermatology
- Acne – Pulse-dye laser treatment ECCP-Master-List-8.3.2018 Acne-pulse-dye-laser-treatment – Mar 18
- Skilarence for the treatment of Moderate Psoriasis outside of NICE TA475 recommendations
Ear, Nose and Throat
- Grommet-insertion-in-Children
- Surgical intervention for snoring
- Tongue tie-division surgery
- Tonsillectomy
- Voicebox Surgery
- Ear Wax removal via microsuction
Fertility
- Assisted-Conception-Policy
- Female Sterilisation Policy
- Fertility Preservation
- Sterilisation Reversal
- Surrogacy
General Surgery
- Asymptomatic gallstones
- Haemorrhoids Management
- Hernias
- Varicose veins
- Anal Skin Tags
- Risk Reducing Surgery – Mastectomy or Oophorectomy
Gynaecology
Ophthalmology
- Bevacizumab (Avastin) for choroidal neovascularisation
- Bevacizumab for iris rubeosis and rubeotic/neovascular glaucoma
- Bevacizumab for neovascular glaucoma
- Bevacizumab for non-ischaemic central retinal vein occlusion and branch retinal vein occlusion
- Cataract Surgery
- Excimer laser eye surgery
- Intravitreal anti-VEGF in diabetic macular oedema, pre vitrectomy and other diabetes related eye disease
- Minor eyelid surgery
- Photodynamic Therapy (PTD)
- Ranibizumab for wet AMD
- Surgical correction or therapeutic intervention to correct Strabismus in Adults
Orthopaedic
- Surgical Foot Procedures
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- DEXA scanning
- Discectomy for lumbar back pain
- Dupuytrens Surgery
- Surgical removal of ganglion to all body parts
- Hip Arthroscopy
- Hip impingement
- Hip replacement
- Hip Resurfacing
- Hyalurons, Hyaluronic Acid or Viscosupplementation
- Arthroscopy Surgery for Degenerative Knee Disease
- Management of Non-specific low back pain
- Non-specific back pain
- Primary knee replacement
- Surgical removal of Rheumatoid Nodules
- Trigger finger
Urology
Other
- Commissioning Policy for Continuous Glucose Monitoring (Children)
- Bobath therapy
- Botulinum toxin A for the treatment of chronic anal fissure
- Botulinum toxin for Hyperhidrosis
- Cannabinoids for spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis
- Chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) – residential treatment programmes
- Cough Assist Devices
- Diaminopyrdine (Firdapse) for the treatment of myasthenic syndrome and congenital myasthenia syndromes
- Flash Glucose Monitor Guidance – Adults and Children April 2019
- Functional Electrical Stimulation for drop foot
- High cost, non-NICE approved, PbR excluded medicines
- Interventions that are not covered by a CCG commissioning policy that are not already well established and commonly provided on the NHS
- Lycra splinting for paediatric patients with cerebral palsy/movement disorders
- Lymphoedema
- Multiple chemical sensitivity
- Complimentary therapy
- Nice do not do
- Tapentadol
- Ventral Mesh Rectopexy & Stapled Transanal Rectal Resection (STaRR)
