An abdominoplasty is cosmetic surgery to improve the shape of the abdomen
Speciality: Policies & Services
Adult & Children Safeguarding


Safeguarding is about the safety and well being of all patients but providing additional measures for those least able to protect themselves from harm or abuse
Adult Mental Health (Community Mental Health Team IPU 3-8)



Note: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust no longer accept postal referrals into adult mental health services
Adult Neurodevelopmental Services (ANDS)

Assessment, diagnosis & post-diagnostic support for Adult Autism and Adult ADHD
Aesthetics Policy (Coventry & Warwickshire ICB)

Coventry & Warwickshire ICB consider funding of treatments designed to improve aesthetic appearance to be of low priority in allocating limited NHS resources. However, the ICB recognises that, in certain cases, a cosmetic procedure may be justified to alleviate or improve a physical deformity that most people would recognise as being severely abnormal, or to meet a clinical need other than improvement of aesthetic appearance. This policy sets out principles and examples of eligibility criteria for funding treatment in such cases
Bereavement Support



Bereavement Point offers hospitality and a listening ear to anyone who is affected by the death of a loved one and is coping with bereavement.
Breast Enlargement Reduction Revision & Gynaecomastia

(Gender reassignment, & reconstructive surgery after cancer or trauma is not included in this policy)
Breast Screening (Mammography)

Breast screening aims to find breast cancer at an early stage, often before there are any symptoms. To do this, an x-ray is taken of each breast (mammogram). Early detection may often mean simpler and more successful treatment
Cancer – Patient Information & Resources

A centralised index page for early diagnosis resources and education on GP Gateway
Care Companion

Support, resources and wellbeing help for carers developed in collaboration between Carers, NHS healthcare teams, CCGs, Local Authorities and the University of Warwick
Chalazion

A chalazion also known as a meibomian gland lipogranuloma, is a cyst in the eyelid that is caused by inflammation of a blocked meibomian gland.
Children & Young People’s Occupational Therapy Service (Coventry) / Integrated Disability Service (Warwickshire)

Formerly Child Development Service (CDS)
Children & Young Person Mental Health



Children's mental health and wellbeing: resources for children and young people in Coventry and Warwickshire
Community Ambulatory Service (ECG – Holter and Event Recorder)



Community Ambulatory Electrocardiogram (ECG) service has been developed for Holter monitoring and Event Recording
Community ENT Clinic (Community Assessment Service CAS)

Information about the services provided by our community ENT specialties
Community Gynaecology Clinics (Community Assessment Service CAS)



Information about the services provided by our community gynaecologists.
Community Nursing and Therapy Team



NEW EMAIL ADDRESS SEPTEMBER 2024 Community Nursing Team works jointly with a patients' GP and other health care professionals within a GP Network to deliver care and treatment in a patients' home, or residential care home
Complementary & Alternative Therapies

Complementary and alternative therapies are not routinely funded
Continence Services



Continence Services are specialist teams providing support and medical advice for people with bowel or bladder incontinence.
Coventry & Warwickshire Community Dermatology Service – Adult

A community based service for advice, management and education in common skin conditions
CW RISE (Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services CAMHS)

The integrated specialist child and adolescent mental health service supports children & young people with mental health difficulties (including mental illness) and eating disorders.
Dementia – Admiral Nurse Service

Coventry and Rugby have an Admiral nurse service in conjunction with the NHS Coventry and Rugby CCG, Dementia UK and Coventry University.
Dementia POP Up Clinics (Dementia Navigators) & Dementia Connect Service


The Dementia Pop Up Clinics run by the Alzheimer’s Society offer appointments at practices across Coventry and Rugby.
Domestic Violence and Abuse



Domestic violence includes physical, emotional and sexual abuse in couple relationships or between family members.
Drugs, Alcohol & Substance Misuse (Adult) CGL



Support services for adults and families who are impacted by drugs or alcohol.
Drugs, Alcohol & Substance Misuse (Young People)



Early Intervention services for young people displaying risky behaviours around relationships and sexual health.
Dupuytrens Disease

Dupuytren’s contracture (Dupuytren's disease) is a condition that affects the hands and fingers.
Early Intervention in Psychosis (age 14-65 years)



Early Intervention in Psychosis (age 14-65 years) and Psychosis Management
EMIS: How to Unprotect a Document in EMIS to Edit a Field Entry

How to Lock or unlock a document in EMIS
Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy

Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy is not funded for facial blushing or facial sweating.
Enuresis (Paediatric)



“Bedwetting is a widespread and distressing condition that can have a deep impact on a child or young person's behavior, emotional wellbeing and social life. It is also very stressful for the parents or carers. The prevalence of bedwetting decreases with age. Bedwetting less than 2 nights a week has a prevalence of 21% at about 4 and a half years and 8% at 9 and a half years. More frequent bedwetting is less common and has a prevalence of 8% at 4 and a half years and 1.5% at 9 and a half years.” (NICE 2010)
Exercise & Healthy Lifestyle for Families



Whatever your age, there's strong scientific evidence that being physically active can help you lead a healthier and even happier life.
Face Lifts and Brow Lifts

A facelift (rhytidectomy) is cosmetic surgery to lift up and pull back the skin to make the face tighter and smoother.
Family Health & Lifestyles Service


Provision of health visitor services, infant feeding support, family support, school nursing, family weight programmes, smoking support in pregnancy, and support for pregnant black & minority ethnic groups in Coventry
Family Hubs and Children & Family Centres


Where children, young people and their families can go when in need of help and support.
Family Nurse Partnership FNP



Family Nurse Partnership - a support programme for young first time parents
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the partial or total removal of external female genitalia for nonmedical reasons. It is also known as female circumcision, cutting or sunna.
Fire Service Safety Checks

What to do if you have concerns that a patient may be at high risk of having a fire in their home,
First Contact Practitioners (FCP) – MSK Hub

An FCP is a Physiotherapist professionally qualified to assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting as a first point of contact in Primary Care with undifferentiated and undiagnosed musculoskeletal complaints.
FIT FANS (Sky Blues in the Community)

FIT FANS is a free 12-week health programme for men aged 25 – 65 who have a BMI above 28 provided in association with Sky Blues in the Community
FWT Services – MAMTA

FWT is a Centre for Women based in Coventry who partners with CWPT. The two organisations provide support for women who are either having a baby, have a baby under the age of one, lost their baby or are pregnant after a loss
Gallstones – Cholecystectomy

Gallbladder removal surgery, also known as a cholecystectomy, is a very common procedure.
Gambling Harms and Addiction (West Midlands)

Support for all those affected by the impact of gambling harms and addiction
Ganglion (Hand & Wrist)

A ganglion cyst is a fluid-filled swelling that usually develops near a joint or tendon.
Grapevine – Supporting Communities

Unlocking the abundant pre-existing resources in communities and helping them build resilience and grow protective networks for their members
Grommets & Myringotomy (Adults)

Treatment for Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) in adults normally requires prior approval before treatment starts in secondary care
Grommets and Myringotomy, Removal of Adenoids for the Treatment of Glue Ear(Children)

Policy for removal of adenoids and treatment of glue ear
Hallux Valgus – Bunion

A bunion is a bony deformity of the joint at the base of the big toe. The medical name is hallux valgus.
Hepatitis B / C Screening. Hep C U Later programme

Which asymptomatic patients need screening for HBV and HCV? Details of the NHSE Hep C U Later programme
Hernia Repair (Adults)

A hernia occurs when an internal part of the body pushes through a weakness in the muscle or surrounding tissue wall.
Hoarding Disorder

A specialist Occupational Therapy led service, providing holistic assessments, interventions, and practical and psychological support to individuals who compulsively hoard.
HURDLE charitable support service

HURDLE is a charitable support service dedicated to reducing the number of children being taken into care each year
Individual Funding Requests (IFRs)

IFRs are funding requests for a single identified patient suffering from a medical condition for which CW ICB has commissioning responsibility and either the ICB has no commissioning policy in respect of the treatment for which funding is sought, the patient does not fulfil the criteria for eligibility for treatment set out in the policy or the ICB has a policy stating that it will not routinely fund the drug or intervention for any patient for a specific treatment not normally commissioned by the ICB
Knee Arthroscopy

An arthroscopy is a type of keyhole surgery used both to diagnose and treat problems with joints.
Loneliness – Good Neighbours Coventry

A project that seeks to alleviate loneliness in over 50s through at-home befriending
Mental Health Matters Helpline & Safe Haven



Are you feeling distressed, frightened, overwhelmed, or that things are too much for you? Don’t know where to turn to get mental health support? Are your usual sources of support closed?
MENtalk (Sky Blues in the Community)


Sky Blues in the Community have launched their new mental health programme, ‘MENtalk’
Migrant Health and Refugee Wellbeing Service (Coventry & Warwickshire)


Resources to support primary healthcare provision for migrant populations from Public Health England
MRI Scanning – Open or Upright

This procedure now requires prior approval from Coventry & Warwickshire ICB before being requested
Nasal Discharge, Obstruction, Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Nasal discharge is a very common problem, especially amongst children. Policy on Cchronic Rhinosinusitis
Neurodiversity & Autism Dynamic Support Register – Information & Advice for Patients and Families

A comprehensive support resource for neurodivergent individuals and families. Autism, ADHD, Developmental Coordination Disorder (Dyspraxia). New route to referring to the Dynamic Support Register
Neurophysiology: Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS)

Accepts NHS E-referrals for nerve conduction testing for carpal tunnel screening and ulnar nerve screening at the elbow or wrist ONLY. This is not an EMG service.
NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP) and Diabetes Care

Personalised support to reduce their risk of Type 2 diabetes including education on healthy eating and lifestyle, help to lose weight and physical exercise programmes
NHS Eye Care Services

The service has been developed to divert patients away from GP practices to an eye care professional able to see and treat many common eye conditions, helping to release GP capacity.
NHS GP Health Service

An update on the following commitments set out in the General Practice Forward View
NHS Talking Therapies Service (Improving Access to PsychologicaI Therapies IAPT, Healthy Minds)

Formerly known as IAPT and Healthy Mind Service for people with mild, moderate and moderate to severe, symptoms of anxiety or depression
Occupational Therapy (Adult)


Occupational Therapists work with the person to enable them to overcome problems with essential routines and tasks by means of; introduction of a new way of completing task, practice of the task, provision of equipment and adaptations to a persons home.
Pain Management Services (Coventry & Rugby)

Connect Health Pain Service works with each patient to support them in finding the most effective and evidence-based approach to improving their ability to manage their pain on a day-to-day basis.
Penile Implants

A penile implant is a medical device that is custom-fit and surgically placed into a penis.
Podiatry

Podiatrists are health care professionals who have been trained to prevent, diagnose, treat and rehabilitate abnormal conditions of the feet and lower limbs.
Primary and Secondary Care Interface Working Relationship Consensus (Coventry & Warwickshire ICB)

Good practice guidelines for effective working relationships within the local healthcare system for the benefit of staff and patients
Primary Care Surge Service (Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance)

The service provides additional capacity and resilience for local primary care, through the provision of general practice telephone appointments that practices can book their patients into, which will provide same day, episodic care.
Psychosis Teams

Psychosis is a mental health problem that causes people to perceive or interpret things differently from those around them.
Recurrent Tonsillitis and Tonsillectomy (Adults & Children)

Surgery to remove the tonsils is known as a tonsillectomy.
Removing a Patient from the GP Practice List

Practices have the right to ask for a patient to be removed from their list. In cases other than violence and abuse, the decision to remove a patient should only be made after careful consideration.
Respiratory@home Virtual Ward

Referral for virtual monitoring of at risk suspected COVID-19 cases and those with long term respiratory conditions with pulse oximetry [formerly known as COVID Oximetry@home (virtual Ward)]
Rethink Mental Illness – Employment Support for those with Mental Illness


Rethink Mental Illness provides a wide range of employment services to people with mental illness to help individuals access employment, retain their jobs and regain their self-confidence and independence.
Rhinoplasty Septorhinoplasty Septoplasty

Rhinoplasty changes the appearance of the nose often using a graft or implant. Septorhinoplasty straightens or repairs the septum that separates the nostrils and alters the shape of the nose. Septoplasty repairs a deviated septum to improve breathing.
SafeCall for Young Victims of County Lines, their Families and Professionals

The national helpline and support service for young victims of County Lines, families and professionals. SafeCall supports children and young people affected by exploitation and County Lines aged up to and including 24 years old, including children and young people who live at home, those who live in residential care, or supported living accommodation.
Samaritans

Samaritans provide a 24 hour 7 day a week service for anyone who is finding it hard to cope in Coventry & Rugby
School Health & Wellbeing Service



About School Nursing. School nurses work across education and health, providing a link between school, home and the community.
Sharps / Needlestick Injury

Injury from used needles and syringes found in community settings arouses much concern.
Smoking and Mental Health

People with severe and enduring mental health conditions are much more likely to smoke and inhale more aggressively.
Speech and Language Therapy (SALT)



Speech and Language Therapists support children’s speech, language and communication.
The Myton Hospices

About local hospice services for enhancing quality of life when cure is no longer an option
Trigger Finger – Adults

Trigger finger is a condition that affects one or more of the hand's tendons, making it difficult to bend the affected finger or thumb.
Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service


The UCR Service - an NHS alternative to sending an ambulance, helping people to stay at home, using clinical practitioners including paramedics, therapists and nurses to deliver an urgent two hour crisis response and/or reablement response within two days to avoid hospital admission.The UCR service differs from the Paramedic Acute Visiting (PAVs) in offering wrap-around care and monitoring (and may require GP liaison for prescribing)
Urgent Treatment Centres UTCs Coventry & Warwickshire ICB




A summary of UTCs in Coventry & Warwickshire
Varicose Veins

Varicose veins are swollen and enlarged veins – usually blue or dark purple – that usually occur on the legs.
Veterans Healthcare

All veterans are entitled to priority access to NHS care (including hospital, primary or community care) for conditions associated with their time within the armed forces (service-related)
Warm and Well



Cold homes have a significant impact on people's health. One of the best ways of keeping yourself well during winter is to stay warm.
Weight Management (Adults)



Developing healthy eating habits while using tips that will keep us fuller longer can be useful tools in weight management.
West Midlands Ambulance Service – Patient Transport Services


WMAS provides PTS covering Coventry & Warwickshire. This includes patients registered with GPs in Coventry & Rugby, South Warwickshire and Warwickshire North, and who are eligible for transport, through the region and the rest of the UK.
West Midlands Child and Young Person Sexual Assault Service and Blue Sky Centre (SARC)


SARCs offer free and confidential support and information to anyone from the age of 5 who has been affected by sexual violence.