Ratification Date: 01/04/2026
Next Review Date: 01/04/2030
Laser Treatment for Myopia – Short Sightedness (Laser eye surgery to correct poor distance vision)
Not Routinely Funded
This procedure is not routinely funded by the Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board.
This procedure has been assessed as a low clinical priority by the Norfolk and Suffolk ICB and will not be funded unless there are exceptional clinical circumstances
Cases for Individual Funding Consideration
On a case to case basis, patients might be eligible for 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.
Note: This policy is assigned static and applies indefinitely, unless or until new evidence available is likely to have a material effect on the policy