Introduction: Action On Plastic Surgery (AOPS) criteria for funding of gynaecomastia surgery are: the patient should be post-pubertal, have a BMI ≤ 25 kg/m(2), endocrine and drug causes and breast cancer should be excluded and the patient should demonstrate psychological distress. We evaluated how NHS funding for gynaecomastia surgery varies between Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England and whether there is a "postcode lottery".
Methods: The gynaecomastia surgery policies for 211 CCGs in NHS England were reviewed against the AOPS criteria and grouped according to their funding policies: group 1 (if criteria met, funding approved); group 2, (if criteria met, prior approval required); group 3 (no criteria, individual funding request only) and group 4 (no funding).
Results: Policies were available for all CCGs. Fifty-nine (28.0%) CCGs were in group 1, 87 (41.2%) in group 2, 44 (20.9%) in group 3 and 21 (10.0%) in group 4. Of those in groups 1 and 2, five (3.4%) CCGs used all six AOPS criteria. Approximately 70% CCGs with criteria (in groups 1 and 2) stipulated that the patient should be post-pubertal, have a BMI ≤ 25 kg/m(2) and endocrine and drug causes should be excluded. Breast cancer should be excluded in 51.4% and the patient should show psychological distress in 13.7% CCGs. Of those in groups 1 and 2, 118 (80.8%) CCGs specified additional criteria.
Conclusions: CCGs do not use the AOPS criteria uniformly and restrict surgery according to their own criteria. Overall, there is a "postcode lottery" for gynaecomastia surgery within NHS England.
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