[PRACTICE HEADING]
Dear [X]
ref: Notice on uncommissioned follow-up care of patients two years after bariatric surgery
The British Obesity and Metabolic Society and NICE (NG246) recommend that patients are followed up post-operatively for two years by a specialist bariatric service.
After this, patients can be monitored by General Practice under a Shared Care Agreement (SCA).
There is no Locally Commissioned SCA this practice can sign up to undertake this workload.
[X Practice] is therefore giving the ICB three months’ Notice, from the date of this letter, that it will not continue such follow-up. [X Practice] understands that SSLMCs is willing to negotiate a SCA to support this workload, and this Notice period is designed to give the ICB the opportunity to commission such a service locally, or sufficient time to arrange the safe transfer of care elsewhere.
Please let [X Practice] know where these patients should be referred in the event that no suitable SCA is made available after this Notice expires.
Yours sincerely
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Template Letter C – Notice to ICB on uncommissioned work
Practices should send this letter to:
In NHS Sussex: [email protected]
In Kingston: [email protected]
In Richmond: [email protected]
In Croydon: [email protected]
In Surrey Heartlands: [email protected]
In Surrey Heathlands: [email protected]