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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