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Information for GPs: conditions you can refer to us

Inclusions

• Patients aged six and over
• Inflammatory skin disease (acne, eczema, psoriasis) unresponsive to GP treatment
• Premalignant skin lesions such as solar keratosis or Bowen’s disease
• Low risk BCCs on trunks and limbs in line with NICE guidance
• Mild to moderate non-scarring acne, unresponsive to routine treatment in primary care
• Diagnosis, investigation and management of other chronic rashes in adults
• Diagnosis, investigation and management of mild-moderate dermatoses and skin lesions in children aged six and over
• Conditions of hair, scalp, and nails
• Management and advice, including follow-up, of skin cancer conditions treated in secondary care, by agreement between the provider and our current secondary care providers

Procedures Performed

• Biopsies
• Lesion removal (if within the conditions treated)

Exclusions

• Patients under the age of 6
• Procedures detailed under the Low Priority Procedures list
• Lesions which can be removed under the Community Surgery Scheme (including Cysts, Lesions and Lipomas)
• Patients who are not permanently registered in LECCG
• Urgent 2WW cancer referrals
• High Risk BCC (Head and neck, recurrent, infiltrative, greater than 2cm, immunocompromised patient)
• Phototherapy and Patch Testing
• Non-Malignant Lymphoedema
• Acute/widespread/severe/worrying rashes (severe eczema, psoriasis, erythroderma, bullous disorders, drug eruptions)
• Severe inflammatory skin disease requiring non-conventional therapy