How do you train a politician?

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How do you train a politician?

Jim Vause

Wednesday 7 October 2020, 01:41 PM

We allow ourselves to be bribed every election year with “titbits thrown to the hungry hordes at the hustings”, writes Jim Vause

Why do we let politicians invent health policy, asks GP Jim Vause, pointing to the COVID-19 pandemic as a great example of allowing the real experts to inform the Government’s response

“Taking a helicopter view of the policies allows one to see how fiddling while Rome burns has become a Kiwi politician’s modus operandi when it comes

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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

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 12:45 AM