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We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 18 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, in which our journalists curate an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives throughout the year, The Conversation and other publications we share content with. Please note the comment function has been turned off while we are away. Happy reading
From Zahra Shahtahmasebi: We are coming to the end of the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. This excellent piece by Fiona Cassie says that while COVID-19 might have overshadowed the nurses big year, it also demonstrated what an important part of the workforce they are
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
