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
Promises and policy: What’s likely to be on the coalition talks table
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Promises and policy: What’s likely to be on the coalition talks table
Wednesday 25 October 2023, 03:35 PM

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National, ACT and New Zealand First all have health policies they have been hawking on the hustings. Once coalition talks start, some of those policies will make it through the horse-trading, some will fall prey to political expediency. Stephen Forbes examines the policies and promises on offer
From National, National has pledged to ditch the universal free prescriptions brought in by Labour in July and restrict them to superannuitants and people on low inc
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