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
With the Three Waters reforms under fire, let’s not forget that safe and affordable water is a human right
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With the Three Waters reforms under fire, let’s not forget that safe and affordable water is a human right
Friday 4 November 2022, 01:05 PM

The human right to water has been repeatedly declared, including by the UN General Assembly and the European Union
Nathan Cooper is an associate professor of law at the University of Waikato
While ostensibly about improving New Zealand’s water infrastructure, the government’s proposed Three Waters reforms have instead become a lightning ro
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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