Individual Funding Requests

The Individual Funding Request (IFR) team for South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw is hosted by NHS Sheffield CCG. They can be contacted by emailing sheccg.sybifr@nhs.net.

Individual Funding Requests Policy

Procedures not Routinely Commissioned

  • Snoring Surgery (in the absence of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea OSA)
  • Dilation and curettage (D&C) for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) in women
  • Knee arthroscopy for patients with osteoarthritis
  • Injection for non-specific low back pain
  • Acupuncture
  • Vasectomy under General Anaesthetic

Exceptionality can be applied for via a clinical letter to the IFR panel

Specialist Plastic Surgery

Breast Augmentation

Breast Asymmetry

Breast Reduction

Abdominoplasty 

Gynaecomastia

Tonsillectomy

Fertility Treatment / Sterilisation reversal