Dr James Whitlock
Consultant dermatologist: eczema, psoriasis, patch testing and phototherapy
GMC specialist registerDEMO-6200004
Next slotThu 08:30 (demonstration)
DaysMon · Thu · Fri
VideoFollow-ups by video
00Eczema & psoriasisProcedure
Eczema clinic
ClinicEczema & psoriasis
SeenWithin a week
ResultPlan on the day; control by 6 weeks in 72%
Price£220 · Consultant visit; nurse clinic visits £85
Next slotThu 08:30 · Dr James Whitlockdemonstration
A consultant diagnosis and written action plan, then a nurse-led clinic that teaches the treatment properly: emollients, steroids, wet wraps, bleach baths and when to step up.
00The record
Eczema clinic: what it is, what is included.
| Cell | Entry |
|---|---|
| Seen | Within a week |
| Result | Plan on the day; control by 6 weeks in 72% |
| Price | £220, nurse visits £85 |
| Insured | Covered with a GP referral |
| Length | 30 minutes, then 45-minute nurse visits |
Included in the price
- 01Consultant diagnosis and written action plan
- 02A 45-minute nurse clinic visit with hands-on teaching
- 03Emollient and steroid quantities written down
- 04Six-week review
- 05Claire's number for flares in between
Most eczema is not undertreated because the wrong cream was prescribed; it is undertreated because nobody showed the family how much to use, how often, and when to stop. Dr Whitlock or Dr Rahman makes the diagnosis and writes the plan. Claire's clinic teaches it.
What happens
- A consultant consultation: triggers, infection, allergy questions, sleep, school or work
- A written action plan: green, amber and red, with the exact products and quantities
- A nurse clinic visit: emollient technique, fingertip units, wet wraps if needed, a bleach-bath recipe
- A review at six weeks, and step-up options, including phototherapy, biologics and JAK inhibitors for severe disease
Adults are seen by Dr Whitlock; babies, children and teenagers by Dr Rahman. Patch testing is offered where a contact allergy could be driving the flare.
Procedure
From £220
Consultant visit; nurse clinic visits £85
SeenWithin a week
ResultPlan on the day; control by 6 weeks in 72%
InsuredCovered with a GP referral
00Suitable for
Who this is for, and who it is not.
The consultant decides in the room; this is the honest list so you book the right appointment first time. Unsure: send a photo and Claire will say.
For
- Eczema that flares within days of stopping steroid cream
- Children whose sleep or school is disrupted by itch
- Adult eczema on the hands, face or eyelids
- Repeated skin infections on eczema
Not for
- Skin that is hot, weeping, crusted yellow or blistered today: that needs a same-day appointment
Insurance: Covered with a GP referral. Billed directly: give Rosie your policy number and authorisation code and you pay only your excess.
00What happens
The appointment, step by step.
A mole check, full-body check or consultation ends with a verdict and a written note. You are not sent away to wait for a letter.
- 01Send a photo, or ringWhatsApp or upload a photograph and Claire replies within one working day: today, this week or routine. Or ring Rosie, who holds two same-day mole slots every weekday.
- 02The checkA consultant dermatologist examines the mole, or all of them, with a dermatoscope. Photographs are stored. You leave with a verdict in writing: reassure, re-check, or remove.
- 03Removal, if neededBooked within the week in our own minor operations room under local anaesthetic. Home the same hour. Everything removed goes to histology.
- 04The resultThe surgeon phones you within five working days, whatever the histology says. Abnormal results come with a plan and a date, and a same-day NHS referral if it is a melanoma.
- 05AfterwardsStitches out with Claire, a scar review at three months, and a follow-up plan in writing: yearly for most, three-monthly in year one after a melanoma. A map next year if your moles need one.
How you get the result
Within one working day of a photoClaire replies to the triage line with one of three words: today, this week, or routine, and the appointment that fits. Free.
In the roomA mole check, full-body check or consultation ends with a verdict and a written note. You are not sent away to wait for a letter.
Also in eczema & psoriasis
00Related conditions
The conditions this is booked for.
From the conditions A–Z, with the urgency stamp each carries. The full guide →
First, a photograph
Send the photo by WhatsApp to 01632 960951 or the upload form: one from thirty centimetres, one close up, in daylight, with a coin for scale. Claire will tell you whether it is today, this week or routine. If it bleeds, ring instead.
Worried about a mole?
Ring, or send a photo. Either way, you are seen.
Mole checks within 3 working days; same day if bleeding.
Front porch, Chestnut Avenue
Four spaces on the gravel drive including one blue badge; free on-street parking on Chestnut Avenue, tight on Wednesdays
Garden entrance, Chestnut Lanestep-free
Drop-off bay at the door; two spaces reserved for surgery patients on the day