Workforce returns to centre stage as Clark feels weight of expectation

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RNZCGP CONFERENCE

Workforce returns to centre stage as Clark feels weight of expectation

15 August 2018

Wednesday 15 August 2018, 05:30 AM

Looking towards an uncertain future for the GP workforce. RNZCGP president Tim Malloy and health minister David Clark at the college’s Conference for General Practice

More than 600 delegates attended the RNZCGP’s four-day Quality Symposium and Conference for General Practice in Auckland at the end of July, broadening their minds at a huge range of presentations and workshops. New Zealand Doctor’s Barbara Fountain, Cliff Taylor, Fiona Thomas, Ruth Brown, Keira Stephenson and Simon Maude were there covering the action, starting with an address by health minister David Clark

Do I still believe there should be a focus on primary care and prevention? Yes, I do. I’m not prepared to give up; I want to put an increased investme

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Polypharmacy

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

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