It seemed almost inevitable that there would be a secondary care backlash towards GPs being ‘let loose’ with a scalpel (‘Primary excision of cutaneous melanoma’).1–4
Any GP practising regular minor surgery sessions over many years will surely unwittingly excise the very occasional malignant skin lesion. I have no doubt that dermatologists occasionally mistakenly excise a benign one!
Are we not in danger of over reacting here? Perhaps GPs should not treat patients with a heart condition. Now that really is serious isn’t it?
- © British Journal of General Practice, January 2011