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
Who is Simeon Brown?
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Who is Simeon Brown?
Monday 20 January 2025, 03:15 PM

The new minister of health Simeon Brown [Image: Supplied]
Based on his CV, Simeon Brown couldn’t have been considered a frontrunner to replace Shane Reti as health minister. Stephen Forbes hunts down some background on the new leader for health
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Simeon Brown is the new health minister after a Cabinet reshuffle.
The east Auckland MP was first elected to Parl, READ MORE
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