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

Accessibility & Travel Information

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