More patients collecting medicines with $5 prescription fee gone

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More patients collecting medicines with $5 prescription fee gone

Natasha
Jojoa Burling
Des Bailey and staff
Des Bailey, owner of Selwyn Village Pharmacy in Christchurch, welcomes the end of the $5 prescription fee. Pictured are technician Roanne Bryson, Mr Bailey, and pharmacists Cappi Wong and Donna Cox [Image - Supplied]

On 1 July, the $5 prescription fee was removed for all New Zealanders. Natasha Jojoa Burling checks in with pharmacists to see what happened after this historic event

Pharmacists around New Zealand are reporting seeing more patients than ever coming in to collect scripts since the removal of the prescription fee.