NHS Buckinghamshire

Individual Case Review Panel

The Individual Case Review Panel looks at applications for elective care that are not routinely funded or commissioned by Buckinghamshire PCT. The following operational policy and its Annexes describe the rationale for an Individual Case Review Panel, the context in which it makes decisions and how it operates.

It is written for residents of Buckinghamshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) and for their clinicians (General/Dental Practitioners and Medical Consultants), in order to help decide whether it is appropriate to apply to the Panel and to help ensure any application meets the guidelines and operational policies of the PCT.

Bucks/Milton Keynes Priorities Committee Statements

Please click on the link below for the Bucks/Milton Keynes Priorities Committee Policies website.

http://www.miltonkeynes.nhs.uk/default.asp?ContentID=548

Bucks Priorities Statements

To download policies specific to Bucks PCT click on the relevant documents below:

BPCT01 – Cataract removal in adults threshold for referral for surgery

BPCT02 – Cosmetic breast surgery

Please note: BPCT02 supersedes policy BMKPC3a that is featured on the Bucks/Milton Keynes Priorities Committee Policies website

BPCT03 – Cosmetic Procedures

Please note: BPCT03 supersedes policy BMKPC3 that is featured on the Bucks/Milton Keynes Priorities Committee Policies website

BPCT04 – Hallux Valgus (Bunions)

BPCT05 – Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery

Referral Threshold Criteria

Before considering a referral please study the priority statements above. The referral thresholds below have been agreed between primary and secondary care to assist GPs in making referrals in the most effective way to meet their patient’s needs.

Headache Migraine referral threshold guideline

Cardiology referral thresholds

Gastroenterology referral thresholds

General Surgery referral thresholds

Ophthalmology referral thresholds

Paediatric referral thresholds

Urology referral thresholds

Dermatology referral thresholds

ENT referral thresholds

Orthopaedic referral thresholds

Plastics Referral Thresholds

Individual Case Review Policy