Improving Outcomes for People with Skin Tumours including Melanoma The NICE clinical guideline on skin tumours outlines how healthcare services for people with skin tumours should be organised. The key recommendations are: - Cancer networks should establish two levels of multidisciplinary teams to care for patients. - Patients with a precancerous lesion should either be treated by their GP or referred. - The care of patients with low-risk basal cell carcinoma may be managed by doctors in the community or at a local hospital. - Patients who need specialist diagnosis should be referred to a doctor trained to diagnose skin cancer. - Skin cancer teams should work to agreed protocols. - Protocols should cover the management of care for people in high-risk or special groups. - Follow-up care should be agreed. - All patients and carers should have access to high quality information. - Information should be collected. - More research should be done Improving Outcomes for People with Skin Tumours including Melanoma - The Manual This is the central document that provides recommendations about the organisation and delivery of skin cancer services. Improving Outcomes for People with Skin Tumours including Melanoma- The Research Evidence This is a summary of the research evidence that informed the development of the recommendations in the manual. Improving Outcomes for People with Skin Tumours including Melanoma - Information for the Public This document summarises the key recommendations of the manual. It is in an easy to read style, and may be used in local patient information leaflets or any other suitable publication.

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