Measles

23-Jan-2024

Suspected/Confirmed patients should be ISOLATED & wear PPE  Treating Staff – (should not be; non-immunised, pregnant or immunocompromised) single-use, disposable gloves single-use, disposable apron (or… Read more

Mpox (Formerly: Monkeypox)

06-Sep-2024

Wear Gloves & Wash Your Hands!!! There have been >100 patients identified as having Mpox in the UK during the current outbreak. Most of these… Read more

Rash/Derm Guide

26-Aug-2024

Guide Taken from the Primary Care Dermatology Society(PCDS) other good sourse is DermnetNZ. A relatively easy way to find out what you’re looking at! Rash –… Read more

Scombroid Poisoning- NOT another fishy allergy

19-Apr-2024

Scombroid poisoning (AKA – Histamine fish poisoning) is apparently more common than we think and accounts for 40% of seafood related illness in the USA… Read more

Tick-Bourne Diseases

06-Aug-2023

The prevalence of diseases transmitted by tick bite have increased in recent years, within the UK. And it is now recognised that there are 3… Read more