Clinical Commissioning Policy Proposition on Vertebral Body Tethering for Scoliosis (all ages)

Closed 10 Jan 2019

Opened 12 Oct 2018

Overview

NHS England has launched a 90 day consultation on a clinical commissioning policy proposition for vertebral body tethering for the treatment of scoliosis.

Vertebral body tethering is a new treatment that involves putting screws into the front of the spine which are connected by a flexible cord rather than a metal rod.

The system works by compressing one side of the curved spine which aims to change the growth of that part of the spine and slowly improve the curve.

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Audiences

  • Academic/professional institutions
  • Advocacy or support organisations
  • All interested stakeholders
  • All NHS England Staff
  • All P&I staff
  • Allied health professionals
  • Area Team directors
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Care-givers
  • Carers
  • Charities
  • Childcare providers
  • Chiropodists/podiatrists
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • Clinical psychologists
  • Clinicians
  • Commissioners
  • Community groups
  • Community healthcare trusts
  • Deaneries
  • Dental surgeons
  • DH third sector strategic partners
  • Diagnostic radiographers
  • Dietitians
  • Directors of public health
  • Doctors
  • Employee representatives
  • Employer representatives
  • Foundation trusts
  • GP Practices
  • GP Practices
  • GPs
  • Health and Social Care Information Centre
  • Health and Wellbeing boards
  • Health care assistants
  • Health Education England
  • Health Protection Agency
  • Health visitors
  • Healthcare scientists
  • Healthwatch (national and local)
  • Higher education institutions
  • Informatics professionals
  • Information professionals
  • Information providers
  • Local authorities
  • Local Government Association
  • Managers
  • Mental health trusts
  • Midwives
  • Monitor
  • National directors
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Neonatal and maternity staff
  • NHS England Partnership Organisations
  • NHS Trust Development Authority
  • Nurses
  • Occupation therapists
  • Ophthalmic practitioners
  • Orthopists
  • Orthotists
  • Paediatric neuropsychologists
  • Paramedics
  • Patients
  • Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Pharmacists
  • Physiotherapists
  • Policy leads
  • Practice managers
  • Primary care
  • Prosthesists
  • Receptionists
  • Regional directors
  • Regulatory bodies
  • Responsible officers
  • Retailers
  • Royal Colleges
  • Service providers
  • Service users
  • Social care providers
  • Speech and language therapists
  • Strategic clinical networks (SCNs)
  • Suppliers
  • Therapeutic radiographers
  • Trade unions
  • Tribunal service
  • Voluntary groups

Interests

  • Specialised commissioning