Evidence Based Interventions (EBI) Service for Interventions Not Normally Funded (INNF)
SCCG EBI SERVICE NOTIFICATION FOR FUNDING APPLICATIONS
As of 04 October 2021, due to unexpected demands within the SCCG EBI Service there is a temporary change to the processing period for funding applications put forward to the EBI Service as detailed below;
EBI Prior Approval Funding Applications will have a process period of 15 working days from the date the correct prior approval application form is received to the SCCG EBI Service email inbox
EBI Generic Funding Applications will have a process period of 8 weeks from the date the correct generic funding application form is received to the SCCG EBI Service email inbox
ERS Prior Approval Funding Applications will have a process period of 15 working days from the date the correct prior approval application form is forwarded through ERS to the EBI Service
We are committed to improving the health of the residents of Somerset and ensuring that patients are treated at the right time, in the right place, by the right people, to the best standard and for the best value.
There are a number of treatments and surgical procedures that are not funded routinely commissioned by us.
There are three pathways for treatments and surgical procedures that are not routinely funded.
Prior approval pathway
A clinician, GP or clinical consultant, applies for funding to the Evidence Based Interventions Service. Funding will be approved if the patient named on the funding application meets the published criteria in the relevant INNF Policy.
Evidence based interventions pathway
A clinician, GP or clinical consultant, applies for funding to the Evidence Based Interventions Service. We will review and consider against ‘Clinical Exceptionality’ for the patient named on the funding application.
Clinical exceptionality
Where a patient’s individual clinical circumstances are clearly different from other patients with a similar condition or diagnosis. To see the full NHS description of clinical exceptionality
Please note that non clinical and social factors are not regarded as clinical exceptionality.
Criteria based access
This pathway doesn’t require a funding application from a GP or clinical consultant IF the patient meets the published criteria in the relevant INNF Policy.
If a patient does not meet the published criteria, the GP or clinical consultant can apply for funding through pathway two: Evidence Based Interventions pathway.