Dermatology

Barnsley Hospitals Dermatology team provide a diagnostic and treatment service for all dermatological conditions. We serve the Barnsley population and also receive referrals from many surrounding areas.

The department is staffed by Dermatology Consultants, GP’s with a special interest in dermatology (GPSI), GP Clinical Assistants (GPCA), a Nurse Practitioner and a Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS).

The dermatology department is a consultant led service that provides the following:

• general dermatology clinics for various rashes
• skin cancer clinics (2 week wait for melanomas and squamous cell carcinomas)
• lesion clinics for other lesions where there is a diagnostic uncertainty
• skin surgery clinics mainly for skin cancers and some benign lesions (benign lesions with prior funding approval)
• contact dermatitis and patch testing clinics
• vulval clinics (run in conjunction with GU Medicine)
• a tertiary referral clinic for difficult urticaria and angioedema
• paediatric (children’s) dermatology clinic

We also have a range of nurse led clinics including:

• iontophoresis clinics for patients with hyperhidrosis (excess sweating)
• leg ulcer clinics (for difficult ulcers, which are not responding to community treatment)
• phototherapy clinics
• camouflage treatment clinics
• prick testing clinics
• minor operation clinics

Visit the AccessAble website for accessibility information and directions for visiting the Dermatology Department.