This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
Pharmacists band together to access new money for top-of-scope services
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Pharmacists band together to access new money for top-of-scope services
Wednesday 1 May 2019, 10:00 AM
On 1 October 2018, the new and much anticipated Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement came into force. The new contract promised to inject more than $20 million in new funding into the sector and provide flexibility to develop local services. Seven months on, reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks at what the contract has delivered
Pharmacists around New Zealand are banding together to access funding under the new pharmacy services contract. When it came into force last year, the