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The Simpson report will prove itself irrelevant if its recommendations do not fit with the post-COVID-19 world, writes Nelson GP Jim Vause
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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
