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South Worcestershire

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We provide consultant-led and delivered community dermatology services to NHS patients registered in South Worcestershire CCG.  Our service delivers assessment and treatment for a variety of skin problems and includes minor procedures.

Our waiting times are typically 4 to 6 weeks and we provide extended opening times including clinics at the weekend.

If you have a reaction to your medication, please read this SJS/TEN Patient Information Leaflet or contact our admin team. In an emergency, please dial 999.

Clinic locations

  • Malvern Health/ Prospect View Medical Centre
    300 Pickersleigh Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2GP
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  • Evesham Community Hospital
    Waterside, Evesham, WR11 1JT
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  • Elbury Moor
    Fairfield Close, Worcester, WR4 9TX
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  • BHI Parkside                                                                                                                Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0AZ                                      Directions
  • Aylmer Lodge Surgery / Hume Street                                                                          Hume St, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 6SF                                              Directions

Information for GPs: conditions you can refer to us

Inclusions

  • Management of mild to moderate forms of common rashes such as eczema, psoriasis, lichen planus, urticaria, fungal infections
  • Premalignant skin lesions (Solar keratoses or Bowen’s disease)
  • Low risk BCCs on trunks and limbs in line with NICE skin cancer guidance 2010
  • Acne
  • Diagnosis, investigation or management of other chronic rashes, unless diagnostic doubt
  • Minor surgical procedures
  • Diagnosis, investigation or management of mild/ moderate/ non-worrying dermatoses and skin lesion in children unless diagnostic doubt
  • Conditions of hair scalp and nails
  • Medication review
  • Actinic keratosis
  • Management and advice including follow up of skin cancer conditions treated in secondary care by agreement;
  • Medical mycology

Procedures Performed

  • Category B cryotherapy (BCC, Bowen’s Disease, Bowenoid papulosis of penis, Pagets disease of anus)
  • Minor surgical procedures (Excision, Cautery and Biopsies)

Exclusions

  • Patients who are not registered with a member GP Practice of R&B CCG or WF CCG
  • Urgent 2 week wait cancer referral
  • High risk BCC / Phototherapy and Patch testing
  • Benign lesions such as verruca’s, warts, viral warts etc
  • Leg ulcers (please refer to community leg ulcer or vascular surgeon)
  • Acute infections needing urgent/inpatient treatment e.g. cellulitis
  • Benign skin lesion for cosmetics reasons
  • Severe inflammatory skin disease requiring non-conventional therapy
  • Specialised skin surgery / Laser treatment /
  • Life threatening skin disease
  • Severe paediatric skin disease (patients under 16 years old)
  • Genital dermatology / Genetic dermatology
  • Non-malignant lymphoedema
  • HIV and infectious disease of the skin
  • Leprosy / Specialised dermapathology
  • Occupational dermatoses and contact dermatoses
    Procedure Exclusions
  • Clinically urgent procedures
  • Procedures related to the treatment of malignant diseases, apart from low risk BCC’s
  • Category A Cryotherapy (Actinic Keratoses, Skin tags, Keloids, symptomatic seborrheic warts, viral warts, plantar warts)

About Us

DMC Healthcare is a leading independent community-based provider of consultant-led endoscopy, dermatology, radiology reporting and community services to the NHS, firmly rooted in the NHS for nearly 55 years.

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Registered address: 81 Bellegrove Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 3PG

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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.