Coordinated communication optimising patient care

Make sure you ask to have any investigations/results copied in to your treating Doctors Historically patients saw one general practitioner (GP) for most of their life. Now, patients may see more than one GP. Sometimes it may be convenient for patients to see one GP...

Shingles vaccine ,Zostavax

The risk of shingles in Australia has doubled between 2000 and 2010.Shingles will often cause a painful, debilitating illness with extensive skin lesions, and the possibility of long term nerve damage. About 30% of people with shingles develop Post herpetic neuralgia,...

Shingles vaccine, Zostavax

The risk of shingles in Australia has doubled between 2000 and 2010.Shingles will often cause a painful, debilitating illness with extensive skin lesions, and the possibility of long term nerve damage. About 30% of people with shingles develop Post herpetic neuralgia,...

Falling Immunisation rates

Falling Immunisation rates. (The Age article 12.2.14) Quote: “A swath of inner-city, affluent Melbourne suburbs are falling below safe vaccination rates for children, leaving doctors worried about an increased risk of potentially fatal diseases…” Dr Sharon Woolf...

Measles

There have been increasing notifications of measles throughout the world (including Bali) and we would recommend patients born after 1966 should ensure they have two documented measles vaccines. Please consult your Doctor prior to travel.