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
Summer Survey: Workforce woes
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Big 23 Sizzling Summer Survey
Summer Survey: Workforce woes
Thursday 18 January 2024, 03:20 PM

Most practices have staff vacancies of some kind, with 3 per cent saying they have more than five vacancies [Image: R Milner]
This week, we’re delving deeper into the results of our Big 23 Sizzling Summer Survey, a wrap-it-all-up, year-end evaluation covering 23 hot topics. Sent to subscribers of the Daily Triage and running from 22 November 2023 through the formation of the new Coalition Government to 4 December 2023, it drew 96 responses. A wrap-up of the survey can be found here, and in the 13 December issue of New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
“No GPs available at any price”
Most practices have staff vacancies of some kind, according to our summer survey, with respondents reporting sign