Prescription fees return: The pharmacy experience

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Prescription fees return: The pharmacy experience

By Zahra Shahtahmasebi
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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

The prescription fee is back, and already pharmacist Lanny Wong is seeing important clinical conversations with patients being replaced by ones about