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
Will Budget quantitative change become qualitative for general practice?
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Will Budget quantitative change become qualitative for general practice?
Monday 8 June 2020, 09:52 AM

Health sector commentator Ian Powell looks at what the Budget held for health and why so much seems to rely on the yet-to-be-released Simpson report
The extraordinary context of the 2020–21 Budget makes it difficult to analyse its impact on general practice.
Four months ago, finance minister Gra
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