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NMS 2024 REGISTRATION

Tuesday
19 November 2024

10:00 am – 3:00 pm AEDT
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Join us for the 2024
National Medicines Symposium

‘Ageing Well: Safe Medicines, Better Lives’

As Australia’s population ages, the need for managing the appropriate use of medicines becomes increasingly critical. This Symposium will bring together experts and practitioners to discuss innovative strategies for enhancing medication safety, reducing polypharmacy, and improving the quality of life for all Australians.

Event Description

Our speakers, include Professor Libby Roughead, Professor Jennifer Martin, Professor Sarah Hilmer and Dr Lisa Kouladjian O’Donnell, who will share their insights on key topics such as person-centred deprescribing, deprescribing high-risk medications and leveraging digital health tools. You will gain valuable knowledge about how to tackle the complexities of medication management in an ageing population and drive sustainable healthcare practices.

While beneficial, medicines also pose risks. The Symposium will delve into the safe and appropriate use of medicines in an ageing population. Experts will explore how we find a balance between managing disease and avoiding medicine-related problems.

With an ageing population, more Australians are living with multiple chronic diseases and taking multiple medicines – known as polypharmacy. Monitoring polypharmacy and responding to inappropriate polypharmacy is one of the actions for Australia’s response to Medication without harm – WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge. Australia’s response also focuses on improving medication safety at transitions of care, with a focus on a shared medicines list.

Sea-Urchin

Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care acknowledges the Traditional Owners, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation on whose land the Commission’s office is located, and the lands across Australia where those we partner with work. The Commission pays our deep respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and emerging.

Sea urchin design: Ms Tanya Taylor is a Worimi artist (mid-north coast of New South Wales) who is drawn to the underwater world through a deep connection with her saltwater heritage. Tanya’s design is inspired by the patterns found in the sea urchins, corals and sea creatures found in the ocean.

Privacy Policy

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is concerned with the protection of your privacy. We support the privacy principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), as amended. We will collect and store your personal information for the purposes of managing the National Medicines Symposium only. Your data may be used to provide you with National Medicines Symposium updates in the form of email communications and/or other types of communication.

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