For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews
Déjà vu strikes departing PHO chair
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Déjà vu strikes departing PHO chair
Tuesday 31 May 2022, 09:29 AM

Larry Jordan in 2018 with a message for the powers that be [Image: NZD]
As specialist GP Larry Jordan vacates the Tū Ora Compass Health chair, he shares with Fiona Cassie his hopes for the health reforms and his view of the last sector reshape, which took place 20 years ago
What we need now is another really significant intervention and investment
An injection of health-reform cash saved many a general practice from
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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