FOCUS magazine showcases a selection of our original resources. You can use the educational content featured in FOCUS to identify and reduce barriers that prevent people from accessing the medicines they need.

This editable PDF helps you to delve into the EPiC data, contemplate your prescribing, reflect on your current practice, and set goals and actions. 

*New audit section*
An additional audit/CQI section allows you or your practice team to repeat the process, completing activities that may be used for Foundation Standard or the Cornerstone CQI or Equity modules.

Looking for up-to-date information on gout or biological medicines? You can find it in our resource hubs. We’ve linked resources from multiple providers into one place so it’s easy for you to find what you need - articles, datasheets, videos, podcasts, and more.

In this recorded webinar, Professor Lisa Stamp explores the management of gout as a long-term condition and challenges old beliefs. Dr Noni Richards introduces the EPiC Gout dashboard and outlines how it can be used to highlight and address inequities. 

This video demonstrates how the three-step Ask, Build, Check health literacy model can be incorporated into discussions about the long-term management of gout, to help improve patient outcomes.

Please note that this is the video version of the Legendary Conversations podcast Episode Four: Let's talk gout (part 2).

This podcast demonstrates how the three-step Ask, Build, Check health literacy model can be incorporated into discussions about the long-term management of gout, to help improve patient outcomes.

Please note that this is the podcast version of the video Let's talk gout.

Episode three of our Legendary Conversations podcast is out now! Listen to three experts as they discuss attitudes towards gout and how to better communicate with patients to improve gout outcomes. 

The jury is in – usual gout care isn’t working well, especially for Māori and Pacific peoples, who are disproportionately affected by this common disorder.

What potential tools are readily available to reduce gout harm? Specific clinician actions!  

Read the bulletin to find out more.

Looking for up-to-date information on gout? You can find it here!

We’ve linked resources from multiple providers into one place so it’s easy for you to find what you need.

Linda Bryant discusses gout, a chronic long-term condition that is often associated with other diseases, and with drug-related morbidity and mortality. As such, it needs to be addressed holistically as part of the psychosocial medical model.