Westside Dermatology Priority One Clinic
The Westside Dermatology Priority One Clinic operates every Friday. We aim to review patients within the week of the referral. For this service to run effectively it is important that referring Doctors and patients understand the aims of the clinic.
- The purpose of this clinic is for rapid access, diagnosis and management of conditions that are of utmost urgency. If indicated biopsies will be taken at the time of appointment. All patients will be assessed by a Specialist Dermatologist.
- Routine skin checks will not be conducted in the Priority One Clinic. Full skin checks should be scheduled through regular clinic appointment times.
- Urgent Conditions that do not meet the criteria for the Priority One Clinic can be seen as a fast track appointment.
After the Assessment
Once assessed, the referral form, together with specialist correspondence will be faxed to the referring doctor. If further, more complex management is needed a supplementary letter will follow.
Aim of the Priority One Clinic
The aim of this clinic is to provide a rapid service of the highest standard to both patients and general practitioners and in doing so shorten the waiting times for specialist opinion of urgent cases.
Criteria
- Specialist diagnosis of concerning lesions- including changing lesions/lesions suspicious of cancer. Routine screening of moles/ skin checks are excluded from the Priority One Clinic.
- Management of identified skin cancer.
- Management of potentially scarring acne.
How to Book
- Does the patient meet the Clinic's criteria?
- Complete the Priority One Clinic Form. Referral and specialist correspondence are incorporated on the one standardized form.
- Referral is handed to the patient. Alternatively fax to 3871 1570 and an appointment time will be arranged with the patient.