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
Malloy says let migrant doctors settle here
Wednesday 4 August 2021, 02:10 AM

Young UK doctor Daisy Christie, pictured with her doctor husband Jaime Farr, will train as a GP
Much-needed migrant GPs are leaving New Zealand as their residency applications remain stuck in the Immigration New Zealand system. Fiona Cassie backgrounds the problem
Bureaucratic barriers stopping migrant GPs from settling here are adding to a perfect storm in a worsening GP crisis, says GP leader Tim Malloy.
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