Policy Number: SRP 046
Policy Name: Facial Surgery – Aesthetic (Cosmetic)
Status: Not Funded
Effective Date: 1 April 2024
Next Review Date: 1 April 2029
Mid and South Essex ICB do not fund aesthetic (cosmetic) facial surgical procedures including (but not limited to) face lifts (rhytidectomy), brow lifts, neck lifts, nose reshaping (rhinoplasty), split earlobe correction, eye bag reduction and upper eye lid surgery.
This service/procedure has been assessed as a Low Clinical Priority by MSEICB and will not be funded unless there are exceptional clinical circumstances.
Individual funding requests should only be made where the patient demonstrates clinical exceptionality.
Further information on applying for funding in exceptional clinical circumstances can be found on the ICB’s website.