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
How can the Child Disability Allowance help your patients?
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How can the Child Disability Allowance help your patients?
Wednesday 11 October 2023, 12:25 AM

A young child with coeliac disease may require substantially more care and supervision around mealtimes than their peers [Image: Angela Mulligan on Unsplash]
The Ministry of Social Development’s principal health advisor Cathy Stephenson helps makes sense of the Child Disability Allowance by reviewing the eligibility criteria
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