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GS1 puts medicine waste and medication errors up for debate at Folkemødet

23.5.2025
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Anne Marie Lei
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How do we crack the code to reducing medicine waste and medication errors, and how can data and technology play a greater role in ensuring both sustainability and patient safety in the healthcare system?

We will be focusing on these questions at our debate at Folkemødet 2025, titled: "From Waste to Wellness – Can we crack the code to medicine waste while also reducing medication errors?". It takes place on Friday, June 13, from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM at F20 - Rud Pedersen, F - Ved Folkemødehuset.

Denmark already has both the data and the digital solutions to reduce medicine waste and prevent medication errors. Yet, many hospitals and institutions are hesitant to take the final step. What is holding us back, and what is required, both politically and practically, to change this?

Panel of experts, politicians, and professionals

To shed light on these issues and point toward solutions, we have assembled a panel of strong voices from the healthcare sector, municipalities, and the political landscape:

  • Stine Hasling Mogensen, Chair of PharmaDanmark
  • Camilla Hove Lund, Chair of the Committee for Environment and Climate, Regional Council Member (V), Danish Regions
  • Torben Klitgaard Hollmann, Head of Health and Elderly Care, Næstved Municipality
  • Mette Marie Christensen, Chief Physician, Pharmacology, OUH Odense University Hospital – Svendborg Hospital
  • Inge Kristensen, Director, Danish Society for Patient Safety
  • Rune Rask, Special Consultant, DIAS, Central Denmark Region
  • Mads Koch Hansen, Director and moderator of the debate, Medicoindustrien

The starting signal for a national partnership

The debate also marks the launch of the Partnership Against Medicine Waste – a broad initiative where stakeholders from the healthcare sector, industry, and technology field join forces to find concrete solutions to reduce medicine waste in Denmark.

We look forward to seeing you at Folkemødet and starting an important conversation about health, responsibility, and innovation.

Read more about the debate in the Folkemødet program

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