Skin
The Skin Multi-Disciplinary team (MDT) are able to provide current guidelines, statistics and latest protocols for the management of skin malignancies and take pride in chairing the regional meeting weekly. The meeting is attended by Plastic surgeons, Oncologist, Dermatologists and doctors of all grades as well as the specialist nursing team.
The dermatology and Plastic Department diagnoses and manages patients with rare skin cancers such as Merkel cell tumours and cutaneous sarcoma as well as patients with metastatic skin cancer. Patients with cutaneous lymphoma are managed within the Cutaneous Lymphoma MDT which falls under the umbrella of the Skin MDT.
Occasionally we specialise with other hospitals to ensure the correct pathway is initiated, for example the Royal Marsden Hospital for the management of Sarcoma patients.
We are also fortunate enough to work closely with haematology and ocular-oncology plastic department at the hospital; this ensures that all multi-professionals are able to provide patient centred care.
We receive tertiary referrals with skin cancer from the James Paget University Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn and Ipswich Hospital. Services offered at NNUH include reconstruction including microsurgery, specialist radiotherapy and chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Mohs micrographic surgery, lymphoscintigraphy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, nodal clearance surgery (including pelvic lymphadenectomy), oculoplastic surgery, assessment and treatment of lymphedema, photodynamic therapy, tumour bank and molecular diagnostics.
The departments involved in the Skin Cancer MDT are: dermatology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, clinical and medical oncology, haematology, histopathology, radiology and nuclear medicine, ophthalmology and the cancer research network. The Skin Cancer MDT works closely with the Head and Neck MDT.
Our MDT is highly qualified with years of experience and expertise professionalism, skill and compassion giving priority to ensure that the patient understands the diagnosis and treatment pathway.
Conditions Treated:
Our Skin Multi-Disciplinary team (MDT) sees the largest number of skin cancers of all the hospitals in the Anglia Cancer Network. Each year it diagnoses and manages approximately:
- 350 new patients with melanoma
- 900 new patients with squamous cell carcinoma
- 3000 new patients with basal cell carcinoma
Staff
| Consultant Dermatologist | Consultant Plastic Surgeon |
| Oncologist: Melanoma
Dr Jenny Nobes Dr Gill Grey |
Consultant Pathologist |
| Consultant Radiologist
Dr Clare Beadsmore Dr Sue Wilde Dr Paddy Wilson |
Cancer Nurse Specialists
Beverly Underwood 01603 288128 Lesley Hawkes 01603 647553 Gemma Hewitt 01603 288224 Vicky Watson 01603 288224 Email: skincancerCNS@nnuh.nhs.uk |
| Oncology Cancer Nurse Specialist
Graham Dilks |
Nurse Consultant Dermatology
Carrie Wingfield |
| Nurse Registrar Dermatology
Kate Davies Melanie Sutherland |
MDT Coordinator
Lorraine Nelhams 01603 288221 Patient Pathway Coordinator Alice Whiffen 01603 288220 |
Patient Support Services
Melanoma Focus 08008 801 077