Budget 2025 to allow 12-month medicine prescriptions

Thursday 22 May 2025 · 5 outlets · 3 reports · updated Thu 22 May 2025, 3:08pm

In this story Simeon Brown

New Zealanders will soon be able to obtain 12-month prescriptions for certain medicines, such as asthma inhalers and insulin. This change, announced in the Budget, replaces the current three-month limit and could save patients up to $105 annually in GP fees.

How they headlined it

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1. 1NewsThu 22 May 2025, 2:13pm

   Budget 2025: Kiwis to get 12-month medicine prescriptions (opens in new tab)

2. The PressThu 22 May 2025, 2:57pm

   Budget 2025 promises hospital redevelopment, longer prescriptions, new 111 mental health response (opens in new tab)

   Also on Waikato Times (opens in new tab), The Post (opens in new tab)

3. RNZThu 22 May 2025, 3:08pm

   Budget 2025: No surprises in health, some prescriptions to go annual (opens in new tab)