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
Mad to make health system changes in pandemic
Wednesday 15 December 2021, 01:40 AM

Before leaving the health system we have, we should know much more about what we are going to – and to be certain it is a robust and workable replacement [Nikhil Prasad on Unsplash]
In the next six months, new health bureaucracies will be built – amid a worsening COVID-19 pandemic and with little explanation of the details of the new system. Ian Powell is not impressed
Ironically, England is now moving towards our system while the Labour government moves to leave it
Three main pillars were described in the “heal
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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