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
Hospital confirmed: WellSouth says ‘let’s talk primary care now’
Wednesday 26 February 2025, 03:30 AM

Discussions on how the new Dunedin Hospital will affect primary care are essential, given critical levels of underfunding, advocates claim [Image: Supplied]
Within a few months, citizens of the deep south went from outrage at cuts to a long-awaited new Dunedin Hospital under one health minister to puzzlement at revised bed numbers under another health minister. Martin Johnston takes a look
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In September, the Coalition Government threw into doubt Labour’s plans for the new Dunedin Hospital.
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