Mole removal by GP?

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If you see your GP and they advise mole removal and offer to do it, can you a "thanks but no thanks" and ask for a referral to the hospital? especially if you are not too sure of said doctors procedures.

How do you ask forcefully for a referral?

I had a mole removed by my GP and it was no problem but I did make sure he was sending it for biopsy,this he did and it was nothing but a mole,why not check that out with him before you decide,it will be quicker to get it done at the GPs than waiting for a hospital referal

I have also had a mole removed by my GP, it was sent for histology and thankfully wasn't sinister. As lilyliz has said you might have to wait longer for a hospital appt.

Oh dear footle... Assuming all was okay?!

So it's okay to have it removed at the GP? Advice on embarrassing bodies a few weeks ago was always we referred, not to
Let GP do it!

Gps are trained in surgery, if they offer and especially if they do alot I would much rather go to GP than hospital.

Why on eath did EB say to avoid them?

No idea but had me worried!

footle sitting here PSML imagining you and doc looking for lost mole.