Skin cancer screening

Tesco Pharmacy is piloting a skin cancer screening service in 28 of its stores, in conjunction with the skin cancer screening specialist Screen4Life

The screening will be performed by a nurse in the pharmacy consultation room. It will cost £25 to have three moles checked, or £45 for a full body check.

Customers will receive their results immediately and any abnormal results will be sent to a consultant team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, who will decide whether the customer needs to see their GP for referral to a specialist.

A wide-scale roll out of the service is planned for the summer 2008.