Community Tele-dermatology Service

Description

NHS Frimley ICB ("the Commissioner") sought to commission virtual dermatology triage and medical photography clinics for conditions referred for virtual triage. This service comprises: 1. medical photography clinics; locally accessible service delivered at clinical sites across the Frimley ICS geography; provision of staff trained in taking good quality dermatoscopic images of both rashes and lesions; available 6 days / week to ensure a fast turnaround (2-working days for urgent suspected cancer); onward referral of case with supporting images into virtual triage service 2. virtual triage service; accepting adult and paediatrics (12yrs and over) on all pathways (routine, urgent and suspected cancer); cases accepted direct from primary care (if suitable images can be provided) or via medical photography clinics (as above); available to all practices within the Frimley ICS geography; review and onward referral to community or acute services, as appropriate, or return to primary care with advice and management plan; review and outcome within 2 working days of receipt of case (with images attached). Quarterly educational sessions for primary care also delivered as part of this service. Frimley ICB has followed PSR Direct Award C for the contract to which this notice relates. Consultant-led treatment is not provided as part of this service, and so the service does not fall within the scope of the legal right to patient choice.