Diagnosed, excised and closed in the same building
Our doctors hold skin cancer medicine qualifications and perform their own surgery, including flaps and grafts. You are referred to a plastic surgeon or an oncologist when the case genuinely warrants one — not because the clinic cannot do it.
Every procedure, named and priced
Every entry says who it suits and what it costs out of pocket.
Biopsy
A small sample taken under local anaesthetic to establish what a lesion is before deciding how much needs to come out. Takes fifteen minutes and usually needs one or two sutures.
Excision with margins
Complete removal with the clearance margin the diagnosis requires. Closed with sutures, dressed, and reviewed at seven to fourteen days for removal. All tissue goes to pathology.
Flap and graft repair
Where there is not enough loose skin to close a wound directly, tissue is moved or grafted from elsewhere. Both our doctors hold surgical qualifications in skin cancer medicine and perform these here.
Cryotherapy
Liquid nitrogen applied directly to solar keratoses and superficial lesions. Stings briefly, blisters, then heals over a fortnight. Included in the same appointment as your check for up to ten spots.
Topical field therapy
A prescription cream, applied at home over several weeks, to treat a whole area of sun-damaged skin rather than individual spots. It is discussed and prescribed in a consultation, gets red and uncomfortable as it works, and we review you through the course.
Photodynamic therapy
A light-activated cream treatment for areas of facial sun damage, done in two visits a week apart. More expensive than a cream course but faster and better tolerated cosmetically.
Post-diagnosis surveillance
Structured follow-up at three, six or twelve-month intervals depending on what you had and how many. Bulk billed here permanently after a confirmed melanoma, regardless of concession status.
When we refer you on
A clinic that never refers anything is a clinic operating past its competence. Roughly one case a fortnight leaves here with a specialist appointment already made.
Three doors we send people through
To a plastic surgeon
Large defects on the nose, eyelid or lip where the cosmetic result genuinely warrants a specialist repair.
To a melanoma unit
Any melanoma with depth requiring sentinel node biopsy or staging. We refer to the state melanoma service and stay involved in surveillance.
To a dermatologist
Complex inflammatory skin disease, unexplained rashes, and anything that is not a skin cancer question. We are a cancer clinic, not a general dermatology practice.
Spot checks held open every weekday
If a specific spot has changed, say so when you ring and we will prioritise you. Full checks are usually available within a fortnight.