The Health Minister is promoting the message of safer medicine practices for patients today.
World Patient Safety Day is trying to ensure patient safety is a global health priority.
The Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is marking World Patient Safety Day today with the theme 'Medication Without Harm'.
This campaign encourages and empowers patients, their caregivers and healthcare professionals to take an active role, in ensuring safer medicine practices and medication use, including prescription, preparation, dispensing, administration and monitoring.
Minister Donnelly says safe and appropriate use of medication allows and empowers patients to live longer, healthier lives, benefiting them, their families and society.
