BSDS/BAD Guidelines
Mohs Surgery
NICE Accredited Service Guidance and Standards For Mohs Micrographic Surgery (MMS)
Together with the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Royal College of Pathologists, British Society of Dermatopathology, British Oculoplastic Surgery Society and ENT UK we have produced these standards for Mohs surgery after a long period of development, multi-stakeholder involvement and consultation defining gold standard practice for MMS within the UK, as accredited by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Click here
NICE Accredited Service Guidance and Standards For Mohs Micrographic Surgery (MMS) 2020
Previous BAD and BSDS Mohs Standards Document 2011
Mohs Surgery Minimum Data Set
Dr Colin Fleming, Co-opted Interface Representative for the BSDS, has devised a Mohs Surgery Minimum Data Set which seeks to put into place a basic measurement of care which can be used for individual departmental audit and comparison amongst centres.
Mohs Surgery Data Capture Sheet (V2 February 2013)
Mohs Surgery Data Capture Sheet guidance notes
Safe Surgical Practice Guidance
BSDS Guidance on Implanted Cardiac Devices in Skin Surgery
BSDS BHRS Guidance on Implanted Cardiac Devices Skin Surgery, July 2017
BSDS BHRS Implanted Cardiac Devices Skin Surgery Flowchart, July 2017 (amended Oct 2017)
(A. Bray, G. Davies, B. Wright). With many thanks to British Heart Rhythm Society (BHRS)
BSDS Guidance on Antithrombotics and Skin Surgery
The BSDS have produced guidance on bleeding risk and skin surgery: anticoagulants, antiplatelets and other agents.
BSDS Guidance on Antithrombotics and Skin Surgery, August 2016
BSDS Antithrombotics and Skin Surgery Flowchart, August 2016
BSDS Position Statement on Surgical Procedure Rooms
The BSDS has produced a position statement with effect from May 2016, outlining the evidence for a safe working environment within the outpatient or office based setting.
Infection Control Position Statement
Infection Statement Evidence
BSDS Surgical Check List
The BSDS has produced a checklist to provide professionals with guidance on which checks need to be completed before and after a dermatological surgical procedure.
DFSP Postion Statement
The BSDS has produced a position statement with effect from December 2011 regarding the management of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (DFSP).
Skin Cancer Published Guidelines
Cutaneous Lymphoma
SJ Whittaker, JR Marsden, M Spittle OBE , R Russell- Jones. (2003)
UK Cutaneous Lymphoma guidelines – management of Primary Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma
SJ Whittaker, JR Marsden, M Spittle OBE , R Russell- Jones. (2006)
Melanoma
Revised U.K. guidelines for the management of cutaneous melanoma 2010
JR Marsden, J Newton-Bishop, L Burrows, M Cook, PG Corrie, NH Cox, ME Gore, P Lorigan, R MacKie, P Nathan, H Peach, B Powell, C Walker. (2010)
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Multiprofessional Guidelines for the Management of Primary Cutaneous SCC 2002
R Motley, P Kersey, C Lawrence (2002)
Multiprofessional Guidelines for the Management of Primary Cutaneous SCC (2009 updated)
R J Motley, P W Preston, C M Lawrence (2009)
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Guidelines for the Management of Basal Cell Carcinoma
NR Telfer, GB Colver, PW Bowers 2008.
Pre-cancerous lesion – published guidelines
Actinic Keratosis
Guidelines for the care of patients with Actinic Keratosis 2017
D de Berker, JM McGregor, MF Mohd Mustapa, LS Exton, and BR Hughes. (2017)
Bowen’s Disease
Guidelines for the management of squamous cell carcinoma in situ (Bowen’s Disease) 2014
CA Morton, AJ Birnie and DJ Eedy. (2014)