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
Submission by RACGP on administrative burden in general practice
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Submission by RACGP on administrative burden in general practice
Friday 30 August 2024, 02:04 PM

RACGP submission on admin workload
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The RACGP has provided a submission to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) on the future of government services.
This consultation is part of the Long-term Insights Briefings, a project run out of PM&C on behalf of the Australian Public Service as a whole, under the APS Reform agenda. The briefings are an opportunity for the government to work with Australians to shine a light on significant, complex and long-term issues that we may face as a country. The topic for the current briefing is ‘The future of government services’.
The RACGP’s response focuses on the impact of red tape/regulation and the administrative burden in general practice.