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This is a summary of the NHS Devon commissioning policy for Arthroscopic surgery for meniscal tears
Arthroscopic surgery for meniscal tears is commissioned in Devon when:
1. Patients present with a locked knee
OR
2. Patients have an acute meniscal injury determined via an MRI which is deemed suitable for surgical repair
OR
3. Patients have a meniscal target determined via an MRI who have had signs and symptoms present for more than 3 months despite non-surgical treatment
Non-surgical treatment options, including physiotherapy, exercise, analgesia, steroid injections, are recommended when the patients MRI suggests a possible meniscal target and they have corresponding signs and symptoms
Arthroscopic surgery for meniscal tears is not routinely commissioned when a patient has advanced structural osteoarthritis.
NHS Devon CCG commissioning policy for Arthroscopic surgery for meniscal tears
Where the circumstances of treatment for an individual patient do not meet the criteria described above exceptional funding can be sought. Individual cases will be reviewed by the appropriate panel of NHS Devon upon receipt of a completed application from the patient’s GP, consultant or clinician. Applications cannot be considered from patients personally.
Queries and applications should be submitted by clinicians to the Individual Funding Request Panel via our generic email address: d-icb.ifr-newsdt@nhs.net
Exceptional /Individual Funding Requests (IFR)
Applications should be submitted by clinicians to the Individual Funding Request Panel via the NHS Devon generic email address: d-icb.ifr-newsdt@nhs.net
Referral Form – Individual Funding Request (IFR)
Publication date: July 2021
Publication date: July 2021
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