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
Best way to tackle underperformance
Wednesday 8 June 2022, 02:25 AM

A staff member may be struggling because they haven’t been given the resources they require [Image: Dmitry Ratushny on Unsplash]
DEAR AUNT MASIE
Our manager’s performance has been slipping in the past year and some of their tasks haven’t been completed. Because of the pandemic, we haven’t had the capacity to address these issues. But this month, we’ve had complaints from staff and the reports for the board meeting weren’t available. We’ve had enough. What are our options?
- Fast and furious, Waikato
The pandemic has made life busy and difficult for general practice: change has been constant and new ways of delivering services have had to be implem, Fiona Mines, Fiona Mines