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
General practice full of vaccination expertise
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General practice full of vaccination expertise
Monday 30 August 2021, 04:39 PM

Whether it’s a car needing attention or a vaccination programme rollout, you call on the experts to get it done
Rolling out vaccination programmes is business as usual in general practice, where standards are in place. So why the late inclusion in the case of COVID-19 immunisation, asks Bryan Betty
When your car breaks down, you call a mechanic; when your dishwasher stops working, you call a plumber.
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