Basildon and Southend
We provide a Monday to Friday service in an outpatient setting. We hold clinics for patients who have been referred for suspected skin cancer and will be seen under the urgent suspected cancer referral pathway via the GP.
An external company will take photographs of your lesion and a dermatologist will screen, or ‘triage’ the photos and decide the best pathway for your treatment. If a biopsy is deemed necessary, this may be performed at Basildon Hospital, or one of our outreach clinics in North Road Primary Care Centre, Westcliff or The Canvey Primary Care Centre, Canvey Island. Skin cancer surveillance clinics are held at both Basildon and Southend Hospitals, as well as at North Road Primary Care Centre and Orsett Hospital.
We sometimes need to refer patients to other hospitals for specialised treatment such as The London Sarcoma Services and Guys & St Thomas for Mohs micrographic surgery. We also refer patients to Broomfield Hospital if they require plastic surgery as part of their treatment for skin cancer.
Broomfield
You may have been referred into the dermatology skin cancer service on a urgent suspected cancer referral pathway. At this appointment you will be seen by one of the dermatology team for an initial consultation and assessment. If a biopsy is required, this may be performed under local anaesthetic by one of the dermatology team. However, if it is deemed necessary, you may be referred to the plastics team at Broomfield for their surgical opinion and intervention.
Monday to Friday outpatient service with occasional additional clinics at weekends/bank holidays offering urgent suspected cancer diagnostic and cancer surveillance clinics.
There is also a clinic for patients deemed high risk of skin cancer due to solid organ transplantation/ immunosuppression and atypical mole syndrome.
We sometimes refer patients to Guys & St Thomas/ Addenbrookes for Mohs micrographic surgery if needed.
We may refer patients for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) at Broomfield to treat mild forms of skin cancer or precancerous lesions.