In October 2013 our Board agreed an updated policy
for funding individual requests for treatment falling outside what is normally
funded locally by the NHS. Today I
attended our regular panel meeting to consider the requests that we’ve received
recently. The panels decisions are based
on how exceptional the individual case is, whether the condition treatment is
requested for is rare and also how strong the evidence is for clinical and cost
effectiveness of requested treatment.
None of the decisions were easy as they all related to individual
patients needing treatment, but decision-making was professional and aligned to
our policy.
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