Efficient triaging of advice and guidance referrals using teledermatology via the UK National Health Service e-Referral service platform: reporting positive outcomes from the COVID era.

Background: Substantial increases in the implementation and use of dermatology advice and guidance (A&G) services has been a legacy of the COVID pandemic.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact that a 45-month period of A&G use had on the health service outcomes in a university teaching hospital dermatology department.

Methods: A&G data for June in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 were retrospectively analysed.