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
Forging forward on common ground: Towards achieving a meaningful, sustainable impact on hauora
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Forging forward on common ground: Towards achieving a meaningful, sustainable impact on hauora
Wednesday 21 June 2023, 03:30 AM

GPNZ is balancing work on many problems, including nurse pay parity, patient complexity, funding, general practice instability, workforce shortages and inequitable health outcomes [Image: Daryl Baird on Unsplash]
Bryan Betty dissects the value, influence and work streams of General Practice NZ
The closer I get to the work of General Practice NZ, the more I appreciate how hard the organisation has worked to earn its status as a trusted partne
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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