This year we celebrate the eighth annual #MedSafetyWeek. The Medicines Safety Week runs from 6 to 12 November 2023 with the goal to encourage everyone to report suspected side effects of medicines.

This year’s global campaign involves 95 regulators and other organisations from 85 countries, including New Zealand, and focuses on the key role of every healthcare professional, patient, and carer who reports a suspected side effect and contributes to using medicines safely.

Read the media statement. Help make medicines better for everyone by reporting suspected side effects.

Watch out for our tweets, join the conversation, and help us spread the word #MedSafetyWeek.

All medicines may cause side effects.

Medsafe/Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM) monitor the safety of medicines to protect patients. Your suspected side effect reports are crucial to support #PatientSafety

Submit a report pophealth.my.site.com/carmreportnz/s/.

#MedSafetyWeek

Having trouble sleeping after taking a medicine?

If you experience this or any unexpected side effects after taking a medicine, talk to a healthcare professional and #ReportSideEffects to Medsafe/Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM) pophealth.my.site.com/carmreportnz/s/.

#MedSafetyWeek

If you're concerned about a suspected side effect from a medicine, remember to:

• Talk to your healthcare professional
• Check the consumer medicine information
• Report what happened

Report side effects pophealth.my.site.com/carmreportnz/s/.

#MedSafetyWeek

As #MedSafetyWeek concludes, the safety of medicines and patients everywhere remains a top priority

If you think you’ve experienced a side effect, talk to a healthcare professional and remember to #ReportSideEffects to Medsafe/Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM) pophealth.my.site.com/carmreportnz/s/.

#MedSafetyWeek