Clinical snippets - December 2025
Watch the Tīhema / December clinical update from Jo Scott-Jones joined by Dave Maplesden, Pinnacle GP liaison in this 37 minute video.
This month Dr Jo Scott-Jones and Dr Dave Maplesden discuss restless leg syndrome in adults, pregabalin prescribing, Ryeqo, and more.
Read the written version of this update on Jo Scott-Jones' The New Zealand General Practice Podcast website.
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Pinnacle has developed a rural chest pain assessment method that allows low-risk patients in rural communities to be safely assessed and managed by their general practice, rather than travelling significant distances to hospital - often needlessly.
Read moreFrom 1 December 2025, Pharmac will remove Special Authority renewal requirements for several treatments, including insulin pump consumables, continuous glucose monitors, LAMA/LABA inhalers, epoetin alfa, budesonide capsules, and febuxostat.
Read moreTreatment of patients with suspected ACC related DVT with a Wells Score of >= 2 or a positive D-dimer.
View detailsNational Cervical Screening Programme screening updates.