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
Back to the future: GP advocates going solo, not corporate
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Back to the future: GP advocates going solo, not corporate
Monday 3 February 2025, 10:23 AM

Blue Penguin co-owners (from left) GP Martijn Phaff and nurse Nicole Kennedy with receptionists Anne Muir and Tania Wilson, manager Jo Clarkson and nurse Wendy Gill [Image: Tui Baylis]
Frustrated at working at corporate practices, Tīmaru-based specialist GP Martijn Phaff went out on his own in 2022 and has no regrets. Trained in the Netherlands, he shares his views with Fiona Cassie on the pluses of solo practice and the negatives of corporate ownership creep
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Specialist GP Martijn Phaff co-founded Blue Penguin Medical Centre in Tīmaru to embrace an owner-operator model, prioritising continu, READ MORE
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