Practice Plus Group_A

The aim of this service specification is to indicate the requirements for sustainable, evidence based, high quality, value for money provision of elective care to NHS Patients. This will support local waiting time targets and activity plans and provide patient choice and activity. The service will provide routine elective secondary care services for patients in the following specialties (though these may be amended in line with General Condition 13) • ENT • Oral Surgery (Complexity level 2) • General Surgery • Gynaecology • Orthopaedics/Musculoskeletal including joints and pain management (in line with local pathways relating to the management of these conditions) • Ophthalmology including potential for community Age-related Macular Degeneration/Glaucoma • Urology • Gastroenterology including upper and lower GI endoscopy • Diagnostics procedures forming part of an agreed pathway • Direct access to the below diagnostics procedures: o X-ray o MRI o Ultrasound