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
Mt Roskill stalwart gets revamp: Practice’s 80-year legacy provides fuel for future growth
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Mt Roskill stalwart gets revamp: Practice’s 80-year legacy provides fuel for future growth
Wednesday 28 February 2024, 02:30 AM

GP Central puts its success down to great communication and the way the team bands together to help each other. Pictured: (from left) Ben Liu (GP, co-director), Calum Cunningham (GP), Sam Burridge (GP registrar), Ruth Mansell (business manager)...
From community roots to satellite clinic outreach, Zahra Shahtahmasebi charts the evolution of Mt Roskill’s GP Central
Auckland general practice GP Central has been in the suburb of Mt Roskill for as long as most locals can remember.
Until recently, the 80-year prac
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