TWO new grants to support consumer health literacy and improve the use of medicines will see peak health and consumer organisations working side-by-side.
The Quality Use of Medicines Alliance represents a group of eight health and consumer organisations, including the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), that brings together unique expertise from education providers, consumer groups, researchers, health professionals, peak bodies, and member organisations to develop free health education products for health professionals and consumers nationally.
The grants will run over a two-year period and address priority Quality Use of Medicines issues for atopic dermatitis, gout, antidepressants in older people, and oral anticoagulants, awarded under the Govt's Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology Program.
PSA National President Dr Fei Sim said that improving the Quality Use of Medicines requires all health professionals to work together.
"Evidence shows that when health professionals and consumers work together, we can support more effective healthcare, medicine safety and health outcomes.
"The PSA is working to close knowledge gaps," Sim said.
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