Anger as skin cancer diagnosis to be made from three photos taken on doctor’s phone
FAMILY doctors are being made to submit photos when referring patients to a skin cancer specialist., causing delays for those with the disease.Family doctors are being made to submit photos of suspicious growths when referring patients to a skin cancer specialist
They say it is a response to receiving 150 referrals for urgent dermatology outpatient appointments every week, most of whom do not have cancer. CCGs affected include NHS North Durham, NHS Durham Dales, NHS Easington and Sedgefield, and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.Dr George Rae, a GP in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, said mobile phone photos are rarely clear enough to draw definite conclusions.
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