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‘We need to think quite differently about how medicines are used’

17 November 2010

Chief pharmaceutical officer Dr Keith Ridge speaks exclusively to Pulse about why he thinks the use of commonly-used drugs - such as duiretics and warfarin - in the elderly should be reviewed.

Interview at the RCGP roundtable discussion on care homes.

Dr Keith Ridge Interview with Dr Keith Ridge

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