NICE Guidelines Updates, Dr Victoria Brown, Consultant
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BCCs & GPs
Dr Victoria Brown
Consultant Dermatologist
West Hertfordshire Hospitals
NHS Trust
Which are BCCs?
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Basal Cell Carcinoma
Commonest cancer in UK
60% of all skin cancers in UK
80% head & neck
Slow growing
Locally invasive
Rarely metastasize
Do NOT refer as 2 week wait
Which BCCs are GPs “allowed” to
manage according to NICE guidelines?
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NICE Skin Tumours (IOG) Improving
Outcomes Guidance: Updated May 2010
Lesions suspicious of SCC/MM – 2 WW referral to
dermatology
Pre-cancerous lesions (e.g. Bowen’s, AKs) can be
treated by GP or referred to GPwSI or dermatologist
NICE Skin Tumours (IOG) Improving
Outcomes Guidance: Updated May 2010
Low risk BCCs may be managed in the community by:
1. GPs performing skin surgery within LES/DES
framework
2. Model 1 practitioners:
Group 3 GPwSI in dermatology & skin surgery*
GPwSI in skin lesions & skin sugery
3. Model 2 practitioners: skin surgery only:
nurse or GP**
*Guidance and competencies for the provision of services using GPwSIs : Dermatology and skin
surgery 2007
** National Cancer Peer Review Programme: Manual for skin cancer services 2008: skin measures
Criteria for accreditation of DES/LES
Demonstrate competency in skin surgery (DOPS)
Training in recognition & diagnosis of skin lesions
All specimens histology
Log book – inform patients of diagnosis/plan
Quarterly feedback to PCT on histology
Annual review of clinical cf histological diagnosis for all
low risk BCCs managed
Annual attendance at skin cancer network meeting: CPD
Additional Criteria for Accreditation
of Model 1 Practitioners
Accredited by PCT according to national guidance for
GPwSI
Linked to named LSMDT
Attends 4 LSMDT meetings/year
Skin cancer clinical practice audited annually
Clinical governance/appraisal from PCT
New “GPwSI in skin lesions & skin surgery”: training &
accreditation to the same standard as Group 3 GPwSI
but for skin lesions only
Criteria for accreditation of Model 2
Practitioners
Demonstrate competency in skin surgery (DOPS)
Associated with a named LSMDT
Perform skin surgery on pre-diagnosed skin cancers
receiving referrals from LSMDT member with agreed
treatment plan
If GP: annual review of clinical vs histological diagnosis
annual attendance at Skin Cancer Network meeting
High vs Low Risk BCCs
Low Risk
High Risk
Patient age
>25 yrs
<25 yrs
Immunosuppressed
N
Y
BCC above clavicle
N
Y
BCC diameter
<1cm
>1cm
“high risk” histological type
N
Y
Recurrent/previously incompletely excised
N
Y
Anatomically difficult/cosmetically imp site
N
Y
Ill defined margins
N
Y
BCC Referral Form
Is patient:
under 25
Y/N
immunosuppressed
Y/N
Is the lesion:
Above the clavicle
Y/N
>1cm diameter
Y/N
Recurrent/previously incompletely excised
Y/N
In an anatomically difficult/cosmetically imp siteY/N
Ill defined margins
Y/N
BCC Histological Subtypes
Nodular
Cystic
Superficial
Pigmented
Morphoeic
Micronodular
Infiltrative
Basosquamous
Which BCCs are GPs “allowed” to
manage according to NICE guidelines?
49 yr old man: <1cm BCC on forearm
Treatment options for low risk BCCs:
observe
Treatment Options for low risk BCCs:
Surgery
68 yr old man: 8cm BCC on back
Treatment options for superficial
BCCs: Surgery
Non- surgical treatment options for
superficial BCCs
Non- surgical treatment options for
superficial BCCs
Efudix cream
Treatment options for superficial
BCCs: photodynamic therapy
High Risk BCCs
Treatment Options for High Risk BCCs
MOHs Surgery
Take Home Points
Determine if low or high risk BCC
Low risk BCCs can be managed in primary care
NICE Guidelines 2010: accreditation = hoops!
High risk BCC or unsure of diagnosis: Refer correctly
1st time: dermatology, plastic surgery
Often >1 BCC at initial consultation - full skin
examination
Don’t forget patient education after 1st BCC
Primary Prevention of BCCs
Low Risk BCCs for DES/LES GP
Low Risk BCCs for Model 1 or 2
practitioners