1. Skin Cancer NICE Quality Standard
Draft for Consultation
Publication Expected August 2016

2. Standards described are high-priority areas for quality improvement
Each standard consists of concise measureable statements
Each standard draws on existing NICE guidance

3. Julia Verne (Public Health)
Julia Schofield (Dermatology)
Barry Powell (Plastics)
Steve Keohane (Dermatology)
David Chao (Oncology)
Gillian Godsell (Nurse Consultant)

4. Local Authorities and CCG commission health promotion activities on preventing skin cancer and recognising early signs
Low risk BCCs only removed by clinicians linked to local skin cancer MDTs
Suspected SCC and melanoma referred through a cancer pathway

5. Pigmented lesions to be assessed with dermoscopy
Patients with SCC and melanoma have a named CNS
Melanoma patients Stage 1B-IIC with a Breslow of >1mm receive verbal and written information on the advantages and disadvantages of SLNB as a staging procedure

6. Patients having a lymph node dissection are operated on a surgeon who is a core member of the SSMDT who performs at least 15 dissections a year
Patients with melanoma are offered molecular testing if targeted systemic therapy is a treatment option