Teledermatology for Advice & Guidance and Referrals

Please include skin photos with advice requests and referrals where possible to support triage.

Verbal consent is acceptable for direct clinical care.

Please include a localising and close up image, and a side view if the area or lesion is raised.

Dermoscopic images are recommended where possible, particularly for pigmented lesions.

The Consultant Connect Photo app is commissioned across Devon for personal mobile phones.

Devon Dermatology Advice and Guidance Services (A&G)

Advice and Guidance services directly link the referring GP team to the Dermatology team to support both advice and referral. A&G in e-RS allows the Consultant to directly convert the A&G request to a referral if clinically indicated.

To make a referral using A&G click ‘Advice’ on e-RS.

Before submitting the request please give permission to the provider to convert to a referral.

Please see the NHS A&G toolkit for further information on how to use e-RS A&G Advice and guidance toolkit for the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) - NHS Digital

Plymouth Teledermatology - Derriford:

Service name: non-2WW Advice and Guidance Dermatology (e-RS)

Request Type: Advice

Specialty: Dermatology

Torbay Dermatology

Service name: Dermatology Advice Requests (e-RS)

Request Type: Advice

Specialty: Dermatology

Exeter

Service name: Advice and Referral Teledermatology (e-RS)

Recommended route for all non-2WW referrals

Request Type: Advice

Specialty: Dermatology

Turn-around time (2-5 days)

For further information, please use the following link: Advice and Refer Teledermatology - Eastern locality

North Devon Dermatology – Litchdon Barnstaple

North Devon Advice and Guidance service is provided by secure email to:

D-CCG.Dermatology@nhs.net Please send from a secure email (such as NHS mail)

See Litchdon Information for GPs for information and consent form

For further information, please use the following link: Teledermatology - Northern locality