Prescription fee

The temporary removal of the $5 prescription fee last year increased the profitability of pharmacies as it led to more scripts being dispensed, the latest Moore Markhams’ pharmacy benchmarking survey shows. 

The Government’s plan to reinstate the $5 prescription fee for most New Zealanders will lead to an increase in hospitalisations costing the country tens of millions of dollars a year, Te Herenga Waka University of Victoria researchers have found

More than 1 million more prescriptions were dispensed after the removal of copayment charges by the previous government, Treasury papers show

There are now 52 Chemist Warehouse pharmacies in New Zealand, with the latest store opening in Nelson.

THERE WILL SOON BE 52 Chemist Warehouse pharmacies in New Zealand, with the latest store opening in Nelson.

The return of the $5 prescription fee last month has hit community pharmacy hard with one pharmacist saying his scripts are down by 20 per cent.

A University of Otago study has found patients of pharmacies that offered free prescriptions were less likely to be adherent to their diabetes medicine than patients of pharmacies that did not.

The return of the $5 prescription fee last month has hit community pharmacy hard with one pharmacist saying his scripts are down by 20 per cent

On 1 July, the Coalition Government reintroduced the $5 prescription fee for most New Zealanders. Zahra Shahtahmasebi checks in with pharmacies to see how they are faring with the change