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
More than a tinkering - The ministry remade
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More than a tinkering - The ministry remade
Wednesday 3 February 2016, 10:42 AM

The Ministry of Health is "on the move" and top jobs are changing now its new boss Chai Chuah has his feet firmly under the desk. Shortly before Christmas, Mr Chuah delivered staff his well-packaged final decision on a new executive team structure. It fits into the bigger picture of a new New Zealand Health Strategy and a rethink on health funding. Virginia McMillan reports
EIGHT TOP Ministry of Health executive roles, including that of chief medical officer Don Mackie, have disappeared as the organisation goes "on the mo