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The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) is welcoming the government’s removal of the $5 prescription charge in today’s Budget, with effect from 1 July 2023

Leading healthcare provider ProCare has today welcomed the removal of the $5 prescription co payment, as announced in today’s Budget

The disability sector is breathing a sigh of relief after the significant boost to funding in this year’s Budget, says New Zealand Disability Support Network CEO Peter Reynolds

Removing the $5 prescription fee (as announced in today's budget)  is a positive move - especially for young people accessing contraceptives, Family Planning chief executive Jackie Edmond says

Budget 2023 increases support for disabled people to access disability services and continues our crucial transformation of disability support services

The Chris Hipkins Government is reducing the cost of health care for New Zealand households by removing the $5 co-payment for prescription medicines from July this year

The Chris Hipkins Government is tackling pay and workforce pressures in the health system with a billion dollar boost that will increase pay rates and the number of nurses

Hopes are high the Government will remove the prescription fee in this week’s Budget

No new cases of measles have been identified following the two Auckland cases reported earlier this month by Te Whatu Ora, but health agencies warn that further cases are likely unless more people get immunised