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
Primary care speaks its mind on top priorities for new government
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Primary care speaks its mind on top priorities for new government
Friday 20 October 2017, 11:18 AM

Newly elected leader Jacinda Ardern
A coalition government Labour, New Zealand First and the Green Party, was announced last night but we’re yet to find out how policies on health will play out. All three parties made numerous election promises for the health sector and a perusal of those promises shows areas of common ground
My top priority is a refresh or redesign of the funding model for primary care; VLCA to be scrapped, not picked up, bandaged then put back down to be
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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