Referral to Secondary Care

NHS Scarborough & Ryedale and Vale of York CCGs do NOT commission D&C:

• As a diagnostic tool for uterine bleeding disorders
• As a treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding
• As a therapeutic treatment for other uterine bleeding disorders
• As a method of removing unwanted tissue, endometrial polyps or benign tumours from the womb or an IUD that has become embedded in the wall of the womb

All requests for D&C should be submitted to the IFR Panel.

To submit an application to the CCG's Individual Funding Request Panel, please click here for further information.

Please click here to view the full Diagnostic Dilatation and Curettage (D&C) Commissioning Statement.  

Policy date: March 2018	Next Review date: March 2020
©NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group

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