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Aesthetic Surgery

  • Abdominoplasty-and-Apronectomy
  • Blepharoplasty
  • Body-contouring-procedures
  • Breast Procedures
  • Cosmetic Procedures -General-Principles
  • Cosmetic Skin and subcutaneous procedures
  • Facial Procedures
  • Lipomata – Surgical removal
  • Removal of Benign Skin Lesions

Dermatology

  • Acne-pulse-dye-laser-treatment
  • Skilarence for the treatment of Moderate Psoriasis

Ear, Nose and Throat

  • Ear Wax removal via microsuction
  • Grommet insertion in Children
  • Surgical intervention for snoring
  • Tongue tie division surgery
  • Tonsillectomy
  • Voice box surgery

Fertility

  • Assisted Conception
  • Female Sterilisation
  • Fertility Preservation
  • Sterilisation Reversal
  • Surrogacy

General Surgery

  • Anal Skin Tags
  • Haemorrhoid Management
  • Hernia Management & repair in adults excluding femoral hernias
  • Varicose Veins

Gynaecology

  • Dilatation and Curettage in Women with Menorhagia
  • Hysterectomy for heavy menstrual bleeding

Ophthalmology

  • Bevacizumab (Avastin) for choroidal neovascularisation
  • Bevacizumab for iris-rubeosis and rubeotic-neovascular glaucoma
  • Bevacizumab for neovascular glaucoma
  • Bevacizumab (Avastin) for Wet AMD
  • Cataract Surgery
  • Minor eyelid surgery
  • Surgical correction or therapeutic intervention to correct Strabismus in Adults

Orthopaedic

  • Arthroscopic Knee Surgery
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • DEXA scanning
  • Discectomy for lumbar disc prolapse
  • Dupuytrens Surgery
  • Elective Hip Replacement Surgery
  • Ganglia – surgical removal
  • Hip arthroscopy
  • Hip impingement surgery
  • Hip resurfacing
  • Hyalurons, Hyaluronic Acid or Viscosupplementation
  • Management of non-specific lumbar back pain and or radicular pain (sciatica) in patients over 16 years of age
  • Non-specific-back-pain
  • Surgical foot procedures
  • Surgical removal of rheumatoid nodules
  • Total Knee replacement
  • Trigger finger

Urology

  • Circumcision
  • Hydroceles
  • Surgical interventions for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Other

  • Bobath Therapy
  • Botulinum Toxin A for the treatment of chronic anal fissure
  • Botulinum toxin for axillary Hyperhidrosis
  • Complementary Therapy
  • Continuous Glucose Monitoring
  • Cough Assist Device
  • Functional Electronic Stimulation for Drop Foot (FES)
  • Gluten Free prescribing
  • High cost non NICE approved Tariff-excluded-medicines
  • Interventions that are not covered by an ICB commissioning policy that are not already well established and commonly provided on the NHS
  • Lycra splinting for paediatric patients with cerebral palsy/movement disorders
  • Multiple-chemical-sensitivity
  • Myalgic encphalomyelitis or Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME CFS) residential treatment programmes
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