The AJP Podcast

‘Make it more than a throw away line’

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Steve Morris, PSA CEO, talks about why we need to examine what quality use of medicines actually means, and why and where pharmacists should be playing a greater role

In the latest AJP podcast, Steve Morris, CEO of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia talks to our host, Carlene McMaugh, about quality use of medicines: what it means, why its misunderstood, and what role pharmacists can, and should, play.

Among the topics discussed are:

  • The current state of Quality use of medicines in Australia, and the lack of a national overview of the state of play (2:16)
  • The low level of health literacy in the community, and steps pharmacists can take to help improve, or overcome this (4:20)
  •  Changes to the quality use of medicines landscape, including the revised National Medicines Policy (5:30)  
  • The crucial role of pharmacists (6:55)
  • The impact of the recent pharmacists in aged care policy announcements (9:15)
  • New QUM initiatives where PSA will play a role (11:15)
  • Predictions for pharmacy in 2024, and where he sees pharmacies QUM role going in the future (13:15) 

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