This month Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss fitness to drive, drug driving, shingles vaccine and dementia, and more.

Te Whatu Ora Health NZ, in collaboration with relevant partners, has undertaken a full review of rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) guidelines and the Acute Rheumatic Fever Chapter of the Communicable Disease Control Manual.

Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss prescribing testosterone, medical tourism and ACC treatment injury cover, patient access to their clinical records, and more.

Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss Measles and SSPE, lymphocytosis, preliminary notice of death, and more.

Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss empagliflozin and ketoacidosis, decision to fund fosfomycin in the community, latent autoimmune diabetes and more.

Following the Te Whatu Ora announcement of a Pertussis national epidemic Pinnacle has compiled information and resources for practice teams.

Mpox is a viral disease that can be transmitted by close contact with skin lesions, body fluids, respiratory droplets and contaminated materials. Outside of very close contacts, it’s not very contagious and the risk of the virus spreading widely remains low.

Pneumonia is a significant cause of mortality in children and older people, particularly among Māori and Pacific peoples. Prompt identification and treatment will enable patients with initially less severe community-acquired pneumonia to be managed at home, reducing hospitalisation and mortality.

This BPAC resource assists to predict risk of serious illness in children with fever

Measles is a highly infectious disease that is easily spread from an infected person by saliva or mucous droplets when coughing, sneezing or talking. Just being in the same room as someone with measles can lead to infection for those who are not immunised.