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
Pharmac calling for feedback from the sector
Pharmac calling for feedback from the sector

PHARMAC is asking all in the health sector to share their thoughts on how we can best engage with them.
PHARMAC’s medical director Dr Shirley Crawshaw explains, “we are running an online survey because we are keen to ensure that how we engage with you meets your needs as well as ours.
“We want to hear your views on what works well, and how we can improve our relationship with you.”
As a small agency, PHARMAC highly values the role that our health sector stakeholders play in supporting our work.
“We appreciate you are all busy, and we would really value your feedback. The survey findings will provide us with direction for our future work.”
The survey will be repeated annually to allow PHARMAC to identify and track perceptions and views of PHARMAC from key stakeholders.
The survey should only take about 10 minutes and is open until 18 December.