2024 National Medicines Symposium

Join the conversation on medicines in an ageing population

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care are pleased to announce that registrations are now open for the National Medicines Symposium 2024. This year’s event will focus on the safe and appropriate use of medicines in an ageing population.

Key highlights

• Understand the challenges and opportunities for medication management in an ageing population.
• Learn best practice approaches to safely deprescribe high-risk medicines and reduce medication-related harm in older Australians.
• Discover innovative digital health tools that can help in managing medicines safely and effectively.

Keynote speakers

• Professor Libby Roughead, Director of the Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, University of South Australia
• Professor Jennifer Martin, President & Board Chair, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
• Professor Sarah Hilmer, Conjoint Professor of Geriatric Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
• Dr Lisa Kouladjian O’Donnell, Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Deputy Chair, Australian Deprescribing Network (ADeN)

Don’t miss this opportunity to participate in a thought-leading dialogue about medication management strategies that can improve patient health outcomes.