In response to concerns raised about clinicians offering patch testing services that may not meet the existing service standards, the Cutaneous Allergy Service Standard Working Party Group will be reformed. The group will update the existing standards and explore ways of monitoring and enforcing these for the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) both in the public and private sectors.

A patch testing standard operating procedure that was co-authored with the British Dermatological Nursing Group (BDNG) has been uploaded to the BSCA website: https://cutaneousallergy.org/resources/patch-testing-guidance-and-standards/. This should allow departments to set up and benchmark their patch test service against current standards.