Hydroxychloroquine shortage looms after being hyped as COVID-19 cure

The government has moved to restrict prescribing of hydroxychloroquine to specialists after the US president described the drug as one of the “biggest game changers in the history of medicine” in a tweet based on preliminary results from a...

The government has moved to restrict prescribing of hydroxychloroquine to specialists after the US president described the drug as...

Autoinflammatory diseases

Lessons from UK: routine care suspended as rheumatologists treat COVID-19 patients

Some UK rheumatology teams have cancelled all their clinics to joint front-line staff in treating patients with COVID-19. While most rheumatology outpatient appointments have now been switched to telephone consultations, some services have had to suspend their routine work altogether to...

Some UK rheumatology teams have cancelled all their clinics to joint front-line staff in treating patients with COVID-19. While most rheumatology...

Public Health

All but most urgent surgery cancelled due to COVID-19

It’s not every day that medical colleges get such a quick and positive government response to their requests - but the COVID-19 pandemic means these aren’t ordinary days. Within hours of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons...

It’s not every day that medical colleges get such a quick and positive government response to their requests...

Public Health

How to use the new specialist telehealth item numbers

MBS items numbers have been made available for specialists to engage with COVID-19 vulnerable patients via videoconference or telephone consultations but most doctors have no experience of telehealth. The limbic spoke to two people with telehealth expertise for their advice. Associate Professor...

MBS items numbers have been made available for specialists to engage with COVID-19 vulnerable patients via videoconference or telephone consultations...