The pharmacy department at Portland District Health comprises skilled professionals dedicated to promoting safe medicine use. Services provided include medication reconciliation, medicines review and counselling, inpatient and limited outpatient services, chemotherapy administration, Hospital-In-The-Home services, medicine information, and educational programs for staff, students and patients.
Staff work with community healthcare providers to obtain comprehensive medication histories. Patients are advised to bring all medicine containers, any existing medicine lists from their GP or pharmacist, and webster packs or dosette boxes when attending as hospital patients. The department also assists with safe disposal of medicines no longer needed.
Operating hours are 8:30am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. Patients can reach pharmacy staff on (03) 5521 0329 or pdhpharmacy@swarh.vic.gov.au.