Medicine · Discharge letter · Task 8

Follow-up of a pending biopsy result

You are a doctor in the dermatology day unit at Parkside Hospital. Today is 24 September 2026. Using the case notes, write a discharge letter to Dr Joel Mason, General Practitioner, Parkside Surgery, 7 Linden Road, Fairford. Transfer wound follow-up while retaining clear ownership of the pending histology. Write approximately 180-200 words in the body of your letter.

Patient: Sofia Warren, born 14 March 1980

Case notes

• N01Patient: Sofia Warren; skin lesion excision performed 24 September under day-unit plan; discharged same day.
• N02Current: procedure completed without recorded complication; dressing intact; written wound instructions supplied; review for dressing under local plan at practice on 27 September, already accepted.
• N03Outstanding: histology pending; hospital dermatology team responsible for reviewing result and contacting patient; no diagnosis confirmed from histology yet.
• N04Communication: patient heard “routine sample” and assumed benign result; explained sample sent routinely does not establish result; patient anxious about delay.
• N05Plan: hospital telephone result discussion when report available; contact dermatology if no update by date stated on supplied result-information sheet; no fixed result date promised.
• N06Practical: patient works away weekdays; requests calls to personal mobile; consented to GP receiving report; confirmed number on discharge form.
• N07Medicines: unchanged regular list attached; no known drug allergies.
• N08Other: runs book group; recently redecorated bedroom; prefers afternoon shopping.