Sick enough to be where exactly? The public is rightly confused about EDs, GPs and where to present

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Sick enough to be where exactly? The public is rightly confused about EDs, GPs and where to present

5 July 2023

Katie Inker

Wednesday 5 July 2023, 12:00 AM

here there everywhere CR Nick Fewings on Unsplash

Confusing messaging is not helping patients decide which service they need and when [Image: Nick Fewings on Unsplash]

Uncertainty is only natural in the worried unwell, writes Katie Inker, who offers some solutions that tackle the primary–secondary care divide

An emergency is defined as an urgent, unexpected, usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or environment an

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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