NHS Kernow has a statutory duty to provide comprehensive healthcare within the resources available to it. This legal requirement means that some hard choices have to be made. Not all treatments can be provided by the NHS. Further information on what treatments NHS Kernow does and does not routinely fund can be found in our treatment policies.
An individual funding request is an application to fund healthcare which falls outside the range of services and treatments which are routinely commissioned. These requests are considered by a panel which considers evidence of clinical and cost effectiveness, as well as equity for the whole population. Read our individual funding request policy (PDF, 521 KB).
Individual funding request panel
Mental health and learning disability panel
This panel has now closed. Please refer to the mental health and learning disability prior approval webpage for further information.
Forthcoming panel dates
Please note that applications should be received no later than ten working days before each panel.
- 5 March 2020
- 16 April 2020
- 4 June 2020
- 16 July 2020
- 3 September 2020
- 15 October 2020
- 26 November 2020
- 14 January 2021
The NHS Constitution has more information about the rights to which patients, public and staff are entitled and pledges which the NHS is committed to achieve,