The 274-page full report New Zealand Health and Disability System Review has been recently released (June 16, 2020). While the main headlines refer to the creation of a new overarching entity ‘Health NZ’, a new entity responsible for Māori health and a smaller number of District Health Boards, there are some other interesting and somewhat […]

When I teach medical students about giving advice to patients about returning to usual activities, I tell them to think about 2 related but distinct key concepts. The first key concept is whether the patient is actually able to perform the usual activity. This involves the assessment of function, and the ICF provides a really […]

I was in Madrid in June for the European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) annual congress. This is the major European conference for rheumatology. Apart from the extreme heat, the major highlights were chairing a meeting of gout experts which helped arrive at some consensus decisions around gout terminology and listening to a presentation from Nottingham, UK […]