Individual Funding Request

An Individual Funding Request is a procedure with the English National Health Service for individuals who require treatments, drugs or therapies that NHS commissioning organisations do not generally fund.

Before 2013 these requests were dealt with by primary care trusts. Since that date they are now managed by clinical commissioning groups or by NHS England for specialised services which are commissioned by them.[1]

Each CCG has an Individual Funding Request Panel. Applications are made by clinicians who are asked to supply evidence of clinical need, clinical and cost effectiveness, the impact of refusal and exceptionality. This procedure cannot be used if there is likely to be a cohort of similar patients in the same or similar clinical circumstances as the requesting patient whose clinical condition means that they could make a similar request.

Requests are supposed to be dealt with within 20 days.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Interim Commissioning Policy: Individual funding requests April 2013 Reference : NHSCB/CP/03" (PDF). NHS England. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Lewis, Stacie (29 April 2015). "My plea to the NHS: decide whether or not my life is worth saving, and call me". Guardian. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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