This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
Pharmac calling for feedback from the sector
Pharmac calling for feedback from the sector
PHARMAC is asking all in the health sector to share their thoughts on how we can best engage with them.
PHARMAC’s medical director Dr Shirley Crawshaw explains, “we are running an online survey because we are keen to ensure that how we engage with you meets your needs as well as ours.
“We want to hear your views on what works well, and how we can improve our relationship with you.”
As a small agency, PHARMAC highly values the role that our health sector stakeholders play in supporting our work.
“We appreciate you are all busy, and we would really value your feedback. The survey findings will provide us with direction for our future work.”
The survey will be repeated annually to allow PHARMAC to identify and track perceptions and views of PHARMAC from key stakeholders.
The survey should only take about 10 minutes and is open until 18 December.