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More than 600 delegates attended the RNZCGP’s four-day Quality Symposium and Conference for General Practice in Auckland at the end of July, broadening their minds at a huge range of presentations and workshops. New Zealand Doctor’s Barbara Fountain, Cliff Taylor, Fiona Thomas, Ruth Brown, Keira Stephenson and Simon Maude were there covering the action, starting with an address by health minister David Clark
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
