Removing Prescription Fees w/ Community Pharmacy Owner Gemma Perry: 1 May, 2023

A new survey of 150 community pharmacists in Aotearoa has found that government prescription fees contribute to serious health issues and cause significant community distress.

News and Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Gemma Perry, a Community Pharmacy owner in Te Awamutu.

Perry is a member of the Prescription Access Initiative, a group working to enact change around copayments about this.

She started by asking Perry why removing prescription fees for medication is necessary.