Provision of NICE-recommended varicose vein treatment in the NHS.
Louise H HitchmanAbduraheem H MohamedGeorge E SmithSean PymerIan C ChetterJames ForsythDaniel CarradicePublished in: The British journal of surgery (2022)
Many local varicose vein commissioning policies in the NHS are not compliant with NICE CG168. More than half of patients who should be offered varicose vein treatment are not receiving it, and there is widespread geographical variation. The EBI programme has not been associated with any improvement in commissioning or access to varicose vein treatment.
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