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Dermatology
Consultant applying cream to patientThe Department of Dermatology at the Whittington is a progressive forward looking centre of excellence in its field. We provide a wide range of services both at mainstream level and in a number of sub-specialities like skin cancers and dermatological surgery, children’s skin clinic, vulval dermatology and contact dermatitis.

We are based in the outpatient department on level 3B of the Whittington Hospital and have a dedicated out-patient surgical theatre, and a newly re-structured out-patient floor from which we provide other services like phototherapy, photodynamic therapy and Nurse-led clinics. We also have strong links with other departments within the Whittington e.g. pathology, microbiology, paediatrics and women’s health and beyond including the Department of Plastic and Re-constructive Surgery at the Royal Free and the Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy at UCLH.

We actively participate in the teaching of undergraduate medical students from UCL Medical School both in clinic and through seminars and group tutorials. We also play an active role in postgraduate teaching of General practitioners and those intending to sit the higher examination in Medicine, the MRCP Diploma. We have designed this website so that you can gain a greater understanding of the services we offer in our Dermatology department. We have included links on the right hand side where you can find further information about the services we provide, information about common conditions, information about patient support groups and some leaflets which you may find useful.

Range of Services

  • General Dermatology.
  • Rapid Access for Skin Cancers mainly Malignant Melanomas and Squamous Cell Carcinomas.
  • Specialist Children’s Skin Clinic
  • Diagnostic Skin Biopsies and Expert Skin Pathology.
  • Dermatological Surgery including wide excisions, local flaps and skin grafts.
  • Phototherapy & Photo-chemotherapy – ie UVB, PUVA and TLO1
  • Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for superficial skin cancers and solar keratoses.
  • Patch Testing, Contact and Occupational Dermatology.
  • Vulval Dermatology in conjunction with the department of Women’s Health.
  • Cryotherapy and warts treatment clinic
  • Other services including skin dressings, skin prick testing and drug monitoring are also offered

    • Location

    Outpatient department: Clinic 3B, Diagnostic Block, Whittington Hospital (unless informed otherwise).

    For information on how to get to the hospital, please click here.

    We also run some community clinics at Partnership Primary Care Centre, 331 Camden Road, London N7 0SL. For a map to the Partnership Primary Care Centre, please click here. (this will open up a new window).

    Appointments

    For information or help with an appointment made to this service, please contact the Appointments department on 020 7288 5511.

    Contact

    Telephone: 020 7288 5331
    (more contact information provided on right hand column)

    Patient relation service

    If you wish to make a compliment, complaint or suggestion about this service, please contact the Patient relations service via this link.


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