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
Making General Practice sexy (seriously)
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Making General Practice sexy (seriously)
Wednesday 25 August 2010, 03:30 PM

The concept of making general practice sexy brings about many a chuckle, but finding a way to attract young people into general practice remains a serious matter. GP training is having a shake-up, GP incomes are on the rise and the health sector is crying out for more GPs, but is it enough to get young people interested? Lucy Ratcliffe reports
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