Dermatology

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West Herts has a dedicated Dermatology department with highly qualified and experienced consultants, providing a range of subspecialist expertise. You’ll find all our staff are friendly and caring.

Our facilities also include Specialist Dermatology Nursing.  Our experienced specialist nurses will help with education and demonstration of topical treatments for paediatric as well as adult patients.  Our specialist paediatric nurses can help with the management and treatment of childhood conditions such as eczema.    We also have a dedicated Leg Ulcer Management Clinic with trained nurses to treat and dress these lesions.

Our consultants see private patients at Spire Bushey Hospital, Spire Harpenden Hospital, and Bishops Wood Hospital.  The treatments we can provide privately at West Herts Trust are:

Procedures

  • Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a technique that is used to treat certain types of skin cancers such as superficial Basal cell carcinoma and areas of sun-damaged skin (pre-cancerous) that might become cancer in the future.
  • Phototherapy - also called light therapy, uses different wavelengths of ultraviolet (UV) light. It can treat psoriasis, eczema, dermatitis, vitiligo and cutaneous lymphoma.
  • Iontophoresis – is a treatment for hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) which is reduced by use of electrical current on the affected areas
  • Minor operations  - procedures carried out under local anaesthetic to excise any lesions in order for them to be removed and treated or diagnosed via histology. 
  • Patch tests – the testing of patient to ascertain allergy to certain substances

To find out more about specific conditions, please see the British Association of Dermatologists' patient information leaflets.

Consultants

Our consultants have years of training and experience in the NHS as well as private consultancy. Find out more about them here:

The location of these services

  • Everything but patch tests are carried out at Watford
  • Hemel Hempstead: patch tests / phototherapy / photodynamic therapy / Iontophoresis

If you are interested in any of the above, please contact Pips Sandhu

Tel: 01923 436217 or email: pips.sandhu1@nhs.net