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
I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike…
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I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike…
Tuesday 26 February 2019, 01:52 PM

More than 170 staff have jumped on their bikes to clock up over 26,000km during the Aotearoa Bike Challenge.
Each year DHB staff take part in the month-long challenge, which encourages people to ride for 10 minutes or more. The DHB also held two ‘Go by Bike’ days for staff to try an e-bike, pick up safety tips, and get bicycle WOF checks.
A new bike parking and repair station facility at Wellington Regional Hospital opened on 7 February with 40 new spaces for bikes – bringing the total number of bike parks at the hospital to 130.
Image: On ya bike – executive leadership team members Thomas Davis, Emma Hickson and Carey Virtue out in support of the Aotearoa Bike Challenge.