Hidradenitis Suppurativa

(asked on 30th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to NHS England's service specification for specialised dermatology services, if he will place in the Library a list of designated centres for the treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa that is difficult to diagnose or manage.


Answered by
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David Mowat
This question was answered on 2nd February 2017

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) can usually be managed through routine access to primary or secondary care. For those patients with the most serious forms of HS, who cannot be managed in this way, a referral to an appropriate specialised service may be appropriate.

The list of specialised dermatology providers for both in-patient and out-patient care is attached.

NHS England commissions specialised services for people with rare and complex skin conditions and has set out what providers must have in place in order to offer specialist dermatology care. The level of service provision nationally is based on an assessment of the likely patient population who will need to access specialised care. It is estimated that about 10% of patients requiring dermatology services (about 10,000 each year) need care from specialised dermatology centres.

More information on the service specification for specialised dermatology can be found at the following link:

www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a12-spec-dermatology.pdf

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