Eyelid Ectropian

(Irritation of inner eyelid)

Threshold

Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) will only fund surgical treatment of Eyelid Ectropion if the following criteria can be met:

• Patient meets the threshold criteria for Epiphora

OR

• Vision is impeded

OR

• There is exposure of the cornea (e.g. in paralytic Ectropion) and risk of keratopathy (urgent correction required)

This procedure is not funded on cosmetic grounds alone

Note: Eyelid Entropion – Routinely Funded.

Cases for Individual Funding Consideration (Patients who do not meet the policy criteria)

On a case to case basis, patients might be eligible for surgical intervention, in consideration of their exceptionality. The requesting clinician must provide information to support the case for being considered an exception, by submitting an individual funding request.