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Free Prescriptions

Updated: Nov 27



Get prescriptions at your local Unichem Pharmacy

 

From 1st July 2024, the Government changed its policy regarding who pays the $5 co-payment charge for prescriptions. The good news is that many New Zealanders are still eligible for free prescriptions.

 

Get your funded medicines from your local Unichem Pharmacy, alongside free professional health care and advice.

 

Who qualifies for free prescriptions?

 

Prescriptions remain free (no Government co-pay) for:

  • Children aged 13 years old or younger,

  • Adults aged 65 years old and above,

  • Patients with a Community Service Card or dependents of patients with a community service card.

  • Repeats and most controlled drug scripts also have no charge.

 

Once you and your family (your spouse/partner and any dependent children aged 14 to 18 years old) have paid for 20 prescription items in a year, you will get a Prescription Subsidy Card, and you won’t need to pay any more co-payments until 1 February the following year.

 

Don’t forget to let your pharmacist know the names of everyone in your family, so we can keep track of how many items you’ve paid for – and help ensure you don’t pay for any prescriptions that you don’t need to.

Other standard prescriptions and non-standard prescriptions may incur a charge. Please check with our pharmacy team.

 

Does my free prescription qualify for Living Rewards points?

Yes, you'll enjoy 1 Living Reward point for every prescription item*. Terms and conditions apply.

 

Additionally, anything you buy alongside your free prescription may be eligible, which means you’ll enjoy one point for every $1 you spend with Living Rewards !

 

How funded prescriptions work

 

Want to know more about how funded prescriptions work? Feel free to talk to your pharmacist if you have any questions that aren’t answered here.

 

Free care + advice

 

Your community pharmacy offers so much more than prescriptions.

 

Unichem Pharmacies proudly offer free professional health, wellness and beauty care and advice.

 

Pop in and talk to your local Unichem Pharmacist about managing health conditions, getting the most out of your medicine and finding the right products for you.

 

Your local pharmacy

 

With a network of more than 250 pharmacies throughout New Zealand, you’ll find the professional health, beauty and wellness care and advice you need.

 

We stock high-quality natural health products, over-the-counter medication and beauty essentials. We also offer a range of healthcare services, including:

  • Blood pressure checks

  • Vaccinations

  • Medicine management

  • Health Checks

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abi joseph
abi joseph
24 jul

Can non residents get free prescription?

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Miembro desconocido
31 dic 2023

How come Unichem Invercargill is making me pay $10 for my 8 month old son’s prescription? it’s a public holiday and they’re the only place open so we had no choice in where to go, there is nothing advertised anywhere about a surcharge!

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