Don't let psoriasis patients suffer in silence

This video is intended for healthcare professionals. Figures in the UK show that psoriasis affects roughly 2‐3% of the population. That's around 1.5 million people. So the likely figure is every GP will see around 37 patients suffering from psoriasis -- with a little over half having moderate to severe symptoms. That's a possible twenty psoriasis sufferers under a GP's care who would benefit from their cases being reviewed by a dermatologist.

Psoriasis can be underestimated and the emotional impact of psoriasis can be more severe than the physical effects. Depression, loss of jobs, break down of relationships, anxiety.

Don't let those potential twenty suffer in silence.

Specialist treatments that can only be prescribed by a dermatologist are within a GP's power of referral. Instead of leaving a part of themselves in every room, the GP surgery could be the first room where psoriasis sufferers begin to pick the pieces back up.

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