The practice provides a Minor Surgery service for our registered patients, provided by a GP with specialist training in this area. This service provides convenience for patients who would have otherwise been referred to hospital and encounter a long waiting list for review/removal.
Service eligibility
- St Paul’s Registered patients only
- Patients over the age of 16 years
| Incisions/Excisions Diagnosis | Procedure |
| Abscess | Incision & Drain |
| Sebaceous Cysts | Excision of sebaceous cyst |
| Lipomata | Removal of skin or subcutaneous tissue |
| Dysplastic Naevi | Excision of Skin Lesion |
| Dermatofibromata | Excision of Skin Lesion |
| Large pedunculated papilloma | Excision of Skin Lesion |
| Unknown lesion | Diagnosis code to be added once histology received . Biopsy of lesion of skin NEC |
| Bowens Disease | Biopsy of lesion of skin NEC |
| Infected/ bleeding skin tags | Excision of Skin Lesion |
Service exclusions
The excision of lesions which, under skin cancer guidelines should be referred to a specialist practitioner includes:
- suspected squamous cell carcinoma
- high risk basal cell carcinoma (see Southampton view of map of medicine for BCC guidelines)
- pigmented lesions (unless assessed by dermoscope and considered dysplastic but not malignant )
If you feel you have any of the above please discuss this with your named GP in the first instance. If they believe your skin lesion meets the criteria to be removed they will inter-refer you to our GP specialist. Our waiting list can is usually under 6 weeks.
Clinics are held once a month, typically on a Thursday afternoon.