Urgent Skin Cancer Imaging Clinic

About the service

You have been scheduled an appointment at St John of God’s Urgent Skin Cancer Imaging Clinic to examine a lesion/mole on your skin. This service is run by St John of God Dermatology using a third party telehealth platform. Your skin lesion(s) will be photographed and then assessed remotely by your dermatologist, Dr Judy Cole.

What happens next?

You will be contacted by one of our nurses via phone in the coming days prior to your appointment. The nurse will ask you several screening questions to help your appointment on the day run smoothly.

During this phone call the nurse will confirm that you consent to recording your details within both St John of God Dermatology’s software system, as well as a third party system run by Skin Analytic. Information regarding consent can be found here.

What happens at my appointment?

Upon arrival you will be asked to sign consent forms. A member of the team will be able to answer any questions you may have about the service. A nurse will then ask you a few questions about your medical history and the skin lesion(s) being assessed.

You may be asked to remove some clothing, make-up, or jewellery to gain a better view of the skin lesion.

The photos will be taken by a smartphone camera, both with and without a dermatoscope attached. The dermatoscope provides a more detailed image of the skin lesion.

This whole process will take about 15 minutes. Please note that you will not be seeing a doctor at this appointment. Once the photographs have been taken, a summary of your assessment will be securely saved for your dermatologist to review.

What happens after my appointment?

Following your appointment the images of your skin lesion will be assessed by your dermatologist, and they will determine the next steps for your care.

How is my data used?

Your data and images will be stored and transferred securely by both St John of God Dermatology and Skin Analytics Ltd who are individual data controllers of your information to provide direct clinical care, and who may access this data along with other authorised bodies to ensure that the service is performing as expected.

In addition to using your information for your direct clinical care, you can also provide consent for your information to be used for teaching and research purposes. More information will be given to you at your appointment.