Measles

January 23, 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)

March 21, 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

August 26, 2020

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

April 19, 2021

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

August 6, 2020

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