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
Ministry of Health equity award
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Ministry of Health equity award
Thursday 30 January 2020, 03:32 PM

A Tuvaluan community in west Auckland are the beneficiaries of the West Fono Health Trust's exceptional equity-driven “Happy Skin” project. Habit Group has produced a 96 per cent improvement in time-to-service-delivery through in-home assessments for blind and low-vision New Zealanders
West Fono Health Trust, Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Pacific Population (HAPPY SKIN)
A Tuvaluan community in west Auckland are the beneficiaries of this exceptio, West Fono Health Trust, Temasi Kitara, Laine Lekasa-Steven, Janet Masoe-Hundal, John Kennelly, Tauliani Monise, Elena Tauliani. Absent members, Mileta Esela and Helen Ho
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