It was my pleasure to address the @PSA_National in Sydney yesterday, and on behalf of the Morrison Government, declare quality use of medicines and medicine safety a national health priority.
Canadian patient safety advocate Melissa Sheldrick at PSA event calling for error reporting to collect data, share the information and lower the level of medicine safety errors to improve the quality of patient safety @melshel73
A new report has outlined the shocking toll of medication errors, including hundreds of thousands of hospital visits each year. PSA National President @topherfreeman joins us LIVE. #9News
#medicinesafety report by @PSA_National highlights need for medicine harm to be a national health priority & for new models of care involving pharmacists in care teams in primary & aged care settings https://t.co/NOohMaMdUL
Medicines can be lifesaving but they can also cause harm. @PSA_National #medicinesafety report shines a light on issues associated with #medicine use in #Australia RT : Household medications send thousands of Australians to hospital https://t.co/BQ7XNZnKir via @smh
We need to take the @WHO 3rd patient safety challenge of reducing medication related harm by 50% seriously and start to see some improvement RT: ‘If medicine harm was a chronic disease it would already be a national health priority.’ https://t.co/1YmwYvMsZo
In the national interest I wish Scott Morrison all the best. However, after seeing footage of his Albury speech I offer a polite reminder: as head of government he is speaking to fellow citizens, not an imaginary congregation.