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Community Dermatology Services – Coventry and Rugby Patients

Introduction

NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) would like to gain the views of patients about the dermatology services you currently receive and what matters most to you about your care. This will help to inform our work to review current provision and ensure our future provision meets the needs of our patients.

In Coventry, GPs can refer patients with minor dermatological conditions to University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW), where they will be seen at the City of Coventry Health Centre, or at the main UHCW site (the “Walsgrave” site). This means there are no services in place which meet the British Association of Dermatology definition of “community facilities based”. Patients do not have a choice of local clinics, may therefore need to travel further, and experience longer waits for service. 

Extending the Community Dermatology Service to cover Coventry will add three new locations in the Coventry city area from which dermatology services will be delivered. Dermatology services provided by UHCW will continue and patients can choose to be referred there if that is their preference.

Currently there is no community-based service commissioned in Rugby and patients referred by their GP as needing minor dermatology care have to travel to either Coventry or Nuneaton to receive treatment. Extending the Community Dermatology Service to cover Rugby means there will be a new location in Rugby from which dermatology services will be delivered.

If you require this survey in another format or alternative language, please contact cwicb.communications@nhs.net 
1.Where do you live?
2.Do you currently have a skin condition, or have you had a skin condition in the last 3 years?
3.The ICB want to offer local dermatology clinics in places which are convenient for you to receive your care. We plan to set up three new dermatology clinics in Coventry and one new dermatology clinic in Rugby.

Do you agree with these proposals?
Strongly agree
Agree
Don't know 
Don't agree
Strongly disagree
4.Why?
5.What is most important to you when visiting healthcare? (i.e car parking, closeness to home, closeness to other services, public transport access)
6.What factors are most important to you when making an appointment? Please tick all that are important to you.
7.Do you have any suggestions or recommendations on future dermatology provision?
8.The ICB are also asking some equality monitoring questions because we want to make sure that we have asked lots of different people for their views. You do not have to answer these questions if you do not want to.
9.What is your sex?
10.What age group do you belong to?
11.What is your sexual orientation?
12.Do you consider yourself to have any religion? 
13.What is your ethnic background? 
14.Do you consider yourself to have a disability?
15.Thank you for completing this survey.