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Prescription fee axing surprises customers
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Prescription fee axing surprises customers
Wednesday 13 September 2023, 09:31 AM
Pharmacists say a lot of customers do not realise prescriptions are free now
Two months after copayments were dropped from most medicines, many still don’t know about it, and pharmacists are calling for Te Whatu Ora to do more advertising. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports
We have more time to counsel and talk about medicines. We are doing what we’re supposed to be doing rather than helping them decide on their budget fo