Richard Smith

Now we have time to have a pharmacist on the shop floor to counsel patients instead of having conversations about payment - Community pharmacist, Waikato #FeesFreePrescriptions4All [logos: Prescription Access Initiative and Independent Community Pharmacy Group]

By taking the whakamā away from money, then we are able to have frank, honest and heartfelt conversations with our patients. They [...] ask really good questions that you can see they have wanted to ask for a long time. - Community pharmacist, Waikato #FeesFreePrescriptions4All [logos: Prescription Access Initiative and Independent Community Pharmacy Group]

#NoToPrescriptionFees I just want to cry and then close because [bringing back prescription fees] will make it so much harder - Community pharmacist, Northland #FeesFreePrescriptions4All [logos: Prescription Access Initiative and Independent Community Pharmacy Group]

At 9 out of 10 independent community pharmacist, pharmacists have longer conversations with patients about their health thanks to #FeesFreePrescriptions4All [logos: Prescription Access Initiative and Independent Community Pharmacy Group]

Yay universal fees-free prescriptions released 128 pharmacist FTEs nationwide from fees admin to focus on healthcare & new services. Let's not go back! V proud of my part in the research #kikorangi
#NoToPrescriptionFees
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