DMC Patient Leaflets

Within our DMC Dermatology service, we provide a series of patient leaflets designed to guide you through your skin treatment journey. These resources offer essential information on preparing for and recovering from minor dermatological procedures. Please review the following leaflets that are relevant to your care:

Patient Resources for Dermatology

Here you’ll find valuable information and resources to help you manage your skin health and empower you to take charge of your wellbeing.

Common Skin Conditions

Comprehensive information and guidance on various skin conditions from the NHS, designed to help individuals understand symptoms, manage conditions, and explore treatment options for effective self-care and when to seek professional medical assistance.

Self-Care Resources

Taking care of your skin is vital for your overall health and well-being. Here are some useful resources to help you understand skincare, manage common conditions, and maintain healthy skin.

Patient Information Leaflets

Information from the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) to help you better understand a particular skin condition and advice on living with skin conditions.

Video Guides

A selection of patient information videos developed by the British Association of Dermatologists in collaboration with St. John’s Institute of Dermatology at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital. These ‘How-to’ videos provide useful tips for using treatments effectively.

Patient Support Resources

If you need support, here is an alphabetical list of national, regional, and local patient support groups for those with skin conditions. Run by volunteers with the condition, these groups offer valuable emotional support and practical assistance.

Patient Support and Feedback

If you have additional questions, wish to provide feedback, or would like to make a complaint, our team welcomes hearing from patients and is fully prepared to assist you.

Clinical Effectiveness

Clinical effectiveness means ensuring that all aspects of service delivery are designed to provide the best outcomes for patients. This is achieved by ensuring that the right care is delivered to the right person at the right time they are in need and in the correct setting.

Information

A patient’s information should always be up to date and correct on any systems used. It should also be confidential through correct storage and management of data.

Risk Management

Risk Management involves having robust systems in place to understand, monitor and minimise the risks to patients and staff and to learn from mistakes. When things go wrong in the delivery of care, our staff teams should feel safe admitting it and be able to learn and share what they have learnt, which embeds change in practice.

Patient & Public Involvement

Communication with patients and the public is essential to gain insight on the quality of care we deliver, and any possible problems that can result. Public involvement is equally as important to ensure that patient and public feedback is used to improve services into day-to-day practice for better patient outcomes.

Education & Training

This encompasses the provision of appropriate support to enable staff to be competent in doing their jobs and to develop their skills so that they are up to date. Professional development needs to continue through lifelong learning.

Staff Management

This ensures the organisation recruits highly skilled staff and aligns them with the correct job roles. Staff are supported in professional development and to gain and improve their skills.

Audit

The aim of the audit process is to ensure that clinical practice is continuously monitored and that deficiencies in relation to set standards of care are remedied. Research goes alongside audits to pioneer best practice improvements.