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$37.5 million investment to improve consumer health literacy and support health professional education to promote the safe and effective use of medicines.

We commissioned the University of South Australia to develop a handbook of tools to support medicine management in multimorbidity and polypharmacy.

The 2025 Senior Australian of the Year state and territory award winners have been announced.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has opened registrations for the National Medicines Symposium 2024.

Applications are now open for the QUDTP grant opportunities for the Health Professional Education and Consumer Health Literacy streams.

Learn about the forum we hosted for stakeholders interested in the Consumer Health Literacy or Health Professional Education Grant Opportunity.

We are hosting a Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology (QUDTP) Program Stakeholder Forum on 22 April 2024. The forum will discuss 2 grant opportunities for Health Professional Education and Consumer Health Literacy. Register your interest today.

2022 Senior Australian of the Year Val Dempsey shares her story of overcoming ageism and how she continues to achieve her dreams.

2023 WA Senior Australian of the Year Theresa Kwok shares her story of migrating to Australia and how she is now giving back to others through culture and community.

2020 QLD Senior Australian of the Year Peter Dornan shares his story of resilience and how he overcame a prostate cancer diagnosis.

2019 NSW Senior Australian of the Year Heather Lee OAM shares her story of finding her passion and making history as the world’s only 96-year-old race walker.