Monash launches $5m program to tackle unnecessary medicine use in primary care

Monash University is rolling out a national initiative to help GPs, pharmacists and nurses reduce the prescribing of medicines that are no longer benefiting patients or are actively causing harm. SUPPORT-Meds, backed by a $5 million grant from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, will initially target two high-risk categories: Benzodiazepines and Z-drugs used […]