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
Complex cases and community collaboration in Cannons Creek
Wednesday 14 August 2024, 01:30 AM

Staff at Porirua Union & Community Health Service engage with patients in a clinical setting and in the community by organising regular walking groups [Image: Supplied]
Porirua Union & Community Health Service is bringing health to the heart of the community, writes Zahra Shahtahmasebi
The medicine at Porirua Union & Community Health Service is challenging and complex, but the team’s success stories make it worthwhile.
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