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
COVID-19: why infection rates among double-vaccinated older adults look worse than they are
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COVID-19: why infection rates among double-vaccinated older adults look worse than they are
Tuesday 14 September 2021, 02:41 PM

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Colin Angus is a research fellow at the University of Sheffield
Recently, ITV journalist Robert Peston caught COVID, despite being double vaccinated. This set Peston wondering how common it is for the fully vaccina, Covid stats, Choice of population data makes a big difference. Source: Public Health England and NHS England. Analysis by Colin Angus
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