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
Unsustainable underfunding is the problem not productivity
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Unsustainable underfunding is the problem not productivity
Saturday 14 December 2024, 08:30 AM

Calls for improved productivity are, in many instances, a convenient vehicle to divert attention from unsustainable underfunding of a service [Image: Master1305 on iStock]
True productivity gains require sustained investment in people, infrastructure and systems, not relentless efficiency that leads to burnout and declining service quality, argues Ganesh Nana
Primary care cannot and should not be divorced from the range of whānau and family needs – whether they be housing, food or that sense of belonging
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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