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From windy Wellington to rural Wales and chaotic London, hospital pharmacist Kim Brackley hasn’t been afraid to cross borders and take on new challenges to further her career. Ms Brackley’s experience is impressive and extensive: she is the president of the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’ Association, the clinical lead pharmacist for education training and practice research at Auckland DHB, and has a master’s degree in clinical pharmacy, to name a few. Despite having a “no guts, no glory” attitude, Ms Brackley isn’t one to gloat. She chats about her interesting career.
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
