If Yes, the Name of Your Head of Melanoma

Ref: FOI/1222-17 Informatics Cobbett House Gillian Nuttall Oxford Road [email protected] Manchester M13 9WL 19 January 2017 Direct Line: 0161 701 0375 Email: [email protected]

Dear Ms Nuttall

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) was formed on 1st October 2017 following the merger of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM). Please see the tables below in response to your queries:

Please can you provide the following information:

- The name of your Head of Dermatology - Dermatology Tel No. - Dermatology Email

Request Former UHSM Former CMFT The name of your Head of Dr Janice Ferguson. Sandra Saleh, Directorate Dermatology Manager Dr John Lear, Medical Lead Lisa Galligan, Dermatology Nursing Manager Dermatology Tel No 0161 217 3956 0161 746 2180 (Lisa Galligan, Nurse Manager and Dermatology CNS) 0161 746 2544 (Nichola Miller - Skin Cancer CNS) Dermatology Email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

In addition if you have a melanoma unit please provide the following detail:

- Do you have a melanoma unit? Y/N - If yes, the name of your Head of Melanoma - Melanoma Tel No - Melanoma Email - Melanoma Nurse - Clinical Trials - Do you have a centre of excellence? - Do you offer Sentinel Node Biopsy? - Is CT available on site?

www.mft.nhs.uk

Incorporating: Altrincham Hospital • Manchester Royal Eye Hospital • Manchester Royal Infirmary • Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital • Saint Mary’s Hospital • Trafford General Hospital • University Dental Hospital of Manchester • Wythenshawe Hospital • Withington Community Hospital • Community Services

Request Former UHSM Former CMFT Do you have a melanoma unit? No, Wythenshawe does not No, although we have a Skin Y/N have a specialist melanoma Cancer CNS who sees the unit as such. Christie Hospital melanoma patients (details as would be the specialist above) melanoma unit.

The following questions are not applicable, however Christie NHSFT may be able to help with these queries. Please may I suggest you contact them direct at:

Information Governance Officer The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 4BX Tel: 0161 446 3000

If yes, the name of your Head of Melanoma Melanoma Tel No

Melanoma Email Melanoma Nurse Clinical Trials Clinical Trials are only conducted by Dr John Lear (Consultant Dermatologist)

Do you have a centre of We are not classed as a Centre excellence? of Excellence. Salford Royal Hospital is the Centre of Excellence for Dermatology.

Do you offer Sentinel Node We do not offer sentinel node Biopsy? biopsy. Our patients are sent to The Christie Hospital for this procedure if indicated.

Is CT available on site? CT is available on site.

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Yours sincerely

FOI Team MFT