Raising the standard: pharmacists leading medicine safety in aged care
| Friday, February 27, 2026 |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
| Semillon 2 and 3 |
Overview
Prof Janet Sluggett - Professor in Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology, Adelaide University
Details
This session highlights how pharmacists are driving improvements in medicine safety across aged care. It will explore the implementation of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Standards, practical approaches to optimise medicine use, and the leadership role pharmacists play in reducing medicine-related harm. Real-world examples will illustrate how pharmacist-led initiatives are improving outcomes for older Australians.
Learning objectives:
· Describe the pharmacist’s role in leading medicine safety and quality improvement in aged care.
· Identify strategies to optimise medicine use and reduce medicine-related harm.
· Discuss how implementation of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Standards supports safer care for older Australians.
Competency standards (2016): 1.6, 3.1, 3.5, 3.6
Speaker
Prof Janet Sluggett
Professor in Pharmacy & Pharmacoepidemiology
Adelaide University
Raising the standard: pharmacists leading medicine safety in aged care
Biography
Dr Janet Sluggett is an Associate Professor in Pharmacy & Pharmacoepidemiology, NHMRC Emerging Leadership 2 Fellow and Enterprise Fellow with UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance. Janet is also an Affiliate Post-doctoral Researcher at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI).
Janet's research focuses on using real world data to maximise the benefits and reduce the risks relating to medicines use among older people receiving community and residential aged care services. Janet also conducts research to support new models of pharmacy practice.
Janet is a Non-Executive Director of the Australian MedicAlert Foundation and Southern Cross Care SA, NT & VIC. She has previously been a visiting research fellow at the Kaiser Permanente National Implant Registries in San Diego and the Kuopio Research Centre for Geriatric Care, University of Eastern Finland.
