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
Funding, fortunes, frustrations and fees: An urgent care registrar's journey
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Funding, fortunes, frustrations and fees: An urgent care registrar's journey
Friday 7 March 2025, 02:00 PM

Antonio Castro is an urgent-care registrar and member of the registrar subcommittee at the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care [Image: Canva composite]
Amid shortages and shortfalls, reporter Zach Thompson breaks down the training models for some of New Zealand's primary care workforces and how the programmes are funded. In the third of a three-part series, he tackles urgent care
The Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care trains this specialty workforce and is currently updating its curriculum. However, the four years of trai
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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