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
Psoriasis & biologics review
ClinicEczema & psoriasis
SeenWithin a week
ResultScored plan on the day
Price£220 · Screening bloods for biologics £145
Next slotThu 08:30 · Dr James Whitlockdemonstration
Consultant assessment with severity scoring, a stepped plan from creams to phototherapy to biologics, and help getting NHS-funded biologics where you qualify.
00The record
Psoriasis & biologics review: what it is, what is included.
| Cell | Entry |
|---|---|
| Seen | Within a week |
| Result | Scored plan on the day |
| Price | £220 |
| Insured | Covered with a GP referral |
| Length | 30 minutes |
Included in the price
- 01Consultant assessment with PASI and DLQI scores
- 02A written stepped plan
- 03Joint screening for psoriatic arthritis
- 04Letter to your GP, or an NHS biologics referral with the scores attached
- 05Phototherapy or tablet monitoring plan if started
Psoriasis is measurable, and treatment decisions should be too. Dr Whitlock scores your psoriasis (PASI) and its effect on your life (DLQI) at every visit, so that stepping up from creams to phototherapy to a biologic is a decision with numbers behind it rather than a feeling.
What happens
- History, joint symptoms, nail changes, triggers and what has been tried
- PASI and DLQI scoring, photographed
- A stepped plan: topicals, narrowband UVB on site, methotrexate or other tablets with monitoring, biologics
- If you qualify for NHS-funded biologics, a referral letter with the scores the NHS needs, so the wait starts now
Biologics are expensive and most patients get them on the NHS. Our job is to get you to the right drug quickly, monitor it properly, and make the NHS referral airtight when that is the sensible route.
Procedure
From £220
Screening bloods for biologics £145
SeenWithin a week
ResultScored plan on the day
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
- Plaque psoriasis not controlled by creams
- Scalp, nail or genital psoriasis
- Psoriasis with joint pain or stiffness
- Anyone told they are not severe enough for a biologic and unsure why
Not for
- Generalised pustular or erythrodermic psoriasis: a same-day emergency
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.
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Drop-off bay at the door; two spaces reserved for surgery patients on the day