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After health minister Andrew Little addressed the Rotorua GP CME conference, New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa asked attendees for their take-home messages from his speech. While most expressed varying strains of cautious optimism, they were equally uneasy about what was left out. Some GPs noted the term “general practice” barely rated a mention, and nothing was said on how general practice, as the mainstay of primary care, would be supported
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
