Since the release of the Fourth Community Pharmacy Agreement in 2005, there has been significant concern that it doesn’t reflect the process for medication management in Aged Care Facilities and Private Hospitals. In light of this, the Australian Government has released a discussion paper proposing fundamental changes to the supply of PBS medicines in these [...]

Residents of Lismore and the surrounding area requiring Hospital, Oncology and Aged Care pharmacy have looked no further than Tom Gordon and his group of pharmacies for many years. Tom has been a good friend and respected colleague of APHS for many years and given the parallels in our respective areas of operation it was [...]

As proof of the success of A.C.E., APHS Consults’ on-line medication education system, over 100 subscribers are now regularly logging in and downloading modules. Of these several keen users have already completed all eight modules currently available. Congratulations to Wendy Riley of Blue Care Bayhaven, Hervey Bay who was our very first user to complete [...]