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Specialist GP John Clark is a partner at Tāmaki Family Health Centre in Panmure, east Auckland. Dr Clark has worked there for 36 years, caring for up to five generations of some families. He practised in Queenstown between 1977 and 1985 treating many patients who had been involved in adventure sports and road accidents. He has a special interest in sports medicine, travel medicine and injection treatment for varicose veins. He is married to Mary Clark, a practice nurse, and has four children and eight grandchildren. He has links with Ngāti Kahungunu
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
