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31 January 2024

Barbara

Fountain

editor@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 31 January 2024, 05:00 AM

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One in five people were put off seeing a GP due to wait times [Image: Chris LeBoutillier on Unsplash]

Summer brings long, lazy days for many, but there’s still news to be found. As we left the office on 14 December, media releases continued arriving in our inboxes. Editor Barbara Fountain trawls through the offerings to find the news happening while we were out

Singing for Sapere, As we were signing off on 14 December, the annual New Zealand Health Survey landed. Reporter Fiona Cassie took a look and found a key finding: a signi, BACK panel - grey

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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

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