Reviewed on : 1 Apr 2025

Reviewed by : GP Gateway Editor

Expires : 1 Apr 2027

About Primary Care Dermatology – Coventry & Warwickshire

In line with patient choice guidance, Coventry and Warwickshire ICB have recently accredited Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Primary Care (CW IPC) to provide Community Dermatology Services in Coventry and Warwickshire, as an additional choice for patients

See also – the current community dermatology service delivered by Vita Health Group will continue to operate and patients should be offered a choice of providers on referral: Coventry & Warwickshire Community Dermatology – Vita Health

CW IPC and Vita Health Group will deliver community dermatology clinics across Coventry and Warwickshire that provides patients with the opportunity to access timely, accessible, good quality dermatology services that are close to home

The aim of the service is to diagnose and treat patients in a single appointment and provide follow up appointments proportionately in line with patient need and risk

The Vita Health Group service has been operational since October 2023 and the CW IPC service goes live on 1^st April 2025

Referral

Coventry and Warwickshire patients can access community dermatology services via a referral from a Coventry and Warwickshire GP using e-RS

GPs can access the referral form via EMIS 

Inclusion criteria 

Registered with a Coventry or Warwickshire GP

16 years old or over

The conditions which will be covered by this community service include:

• Management of mild to moderate forms of common rashes such as eczema, psoriasis, lichen planus, urticarial and fungal infections
• Benign lesions for non-cosmetic reasons practices, as per ICB policy
• Premalignant skin lesions such as Actinic Keratosis or Bowen’s disease
• Low risk BCCs on trunks and limbs in line with NICE skin cancer guidance 2010
• Acne (Including the prescribing of Roaccutane)
• Diagnosis, investigation or management of other chronic rashes, unless diagnostic doubt
• Minor surgical procedures
• Diagnosis, investigation or management of mild/moderate/non-worrying dermatoses and skin lesion in children unless diagnostic doubt
• Conditions of hair scalp and nails

Exclusion criteria

• 2 weeks wait cancer referrals
• High risk BCC (any above clavicle or >2cm diameter below should be referred to secondary care with 2WW for some on special sites)
• DMARDS/ Biologics
• Patch testing
• Leg ulcers – please refer to leg ulcer pathway
• Acute infections needing inpatient treatment e.g. cellulitis
• Severe inflammatory skin disease requiring non-conventional therapy
• Specialised skin surgery
• Life threatening skin disease
• Non-malignant lymphoedema
• HIV; infectious disease of the skin; leprosy
• Photodynamic therapy; UV light therapy; laser treatment.
• Vascular Eczema, Vasculitis
• Genetic Dermatology

Service locations

The CW IPC will be delivered from the following sites:

• Broomfield Park Medical Centre Spon End Coventry CV1 3HQ
• Castle Medical Centre 22 Bertie Road Kenilworth CV8 1JP
• Beech Tree Medical Practice, Rugby Health and Wellbeing Centre Rugby CV21 3HX
• Manor Court Surgery 5 Manor Court Avenue Nuneaton CV11 5HX
• Spring Hill Surgery Phil Collins Way Old Arley Coventry CV7 8FD

Further sites will be confirmed

What does this mean for patients?

Patients will now have a choice of Community Dermatology providers

From 1^st April 2025 all new patients that meet the criteria for the service, can be referred to the new service offered by CW IPC OR to the existing provider of the service, Vita Health Group. via their GP (on eRS)

There will be no change for patients already referred into Vita Health Group

Patients should only be referred to one of the providers

Contact Details

Primary Care Dermatology – Coventry & Warwickshire (PCD)

Email: swg-tr.primarycaredermatology@nhs.net

Telephone: 01926 698299

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact:

Provider: swg-tr.primarycaredermatology@nhs.net

ICB: cwicb.contracting@nhs.net