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
A WINTER’S TALE - Winter, workforce and capitation weigh heavily on general practice
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A WINTER’S TALE - Winter, workforce and capitation weigh heavily on general practice
Wednesday 6 July 2022, 09:00 AM

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Influenza, COVID-19, shortages of GPs and nurses, underfunding, red tape, burnout, and a sense of being critical to New Zealanders’ wellbeing and yet strangely overlooked. That’s the situation reporter Martin Johnston detects in general practice this winter
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