Ratification Date: 01/04/2026
Next Review Date: 01/04/2028
Low Back Pain – Other procedures
Not Routinely Funded
The following treatments are not routinely funded by the Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board:
- Laser lumbar Discectomy
- Endoscopic Laser Foraminoplasty
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Laser Thoracic Discectomy
- Endoscopic Division of Epidural Adhesions
- Percutaneous Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy
- Inter-Spinous Spacers
- Lumbar Disc Replacement
- ‘Soft Stabilisation’
Exceptions:
Patients requiring Lumbar Decompression due to Spinal Stenosis are exempt from this policy.
Norfolk & Waveney Community Musculoskeletal Services (NoW MSK)
Cases for Individual Funding Consideration
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.