Health inequalities in access to keloid scar surgery: An analysis of funding criteria and their impact across England

Our findings confirmed that access to keloid surgery is highly restricted nationwide, a situation that likely disproportionately disadvantages the ethnic minorities. The near total lack of ethnicity data collection by ICBs obstructs the full characterisation of this issue. We propose exempting keloids from funding restrictions or at least revising the criteria to account for their symptomatic and psychosocial impact, to help achieve more equitable healthcare policies.