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During the COVID\u201019 pandemic, Dermatology services had to be reorganized to facilitate staff redeployment and minimize the risk of exposure to COVID\u201019 for patients and staff. This led to an unprecedented increase in teleconsultations aided by clinical images.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>The main aim of our retrospective study was to analyse the acute Dermatology referrals received in the pre\u2010COVID\u201019 era and during COVID\u201019 pandemic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We retrospectively analysed acute Dermatology referrals using the acute referral log.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We retrospectively analysed 500 and 110 acute Dermatology referrals received in the pre\u2010COVID\u201019 period and during COVID\u201019 pandemic, respectively. In the pre\u2010COVID\u201019 era, consultations were most commonly requested by Oncology\/Haemato\u2010Oncology, Emergency Departments and General Practice, while during the COVID\u201019 pandemic General Practice was the most common source of referrals. A wide variety of dermatological conditions were encountered with the most common been eczematous dermatoses.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Although Dermatology is largely an outpatient\u2010based specialty, this study shows the demand for urgent Dermatology input the care of sick patients with severe skin diseases and in the management of skin problems in patients admitted or receiving treatment for other diseases. Re\u2010organization of Dermatology services during the COVID\u201019 pandemic resulted in a marked increase in teleconsultations (28% versus 84.5%) and highlighted the importance of complete skin\u2010directed physical examination by the referring clinician as well as procurement of good quality clinical images.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jdv.18997","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,25]],"date-time":"2023-02-25T06:44:10Z","timestamp":1677307450000},"page":"1236-1240","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Impact of <scp>COVID<\/scp>\u201019 pandemic on acute dermatology referrals in a secondary and tertiary care Central London hospital. 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