Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Mar 2017
More options for pregnant women and 65+ to get funded influenza vaccines
15 March 2017 - Funded influenza vaccinations will be available from more community pharmacies this year.
Most people receive their influenza vaccination from general practice, and some DHBs have been trialling funded influenza vaccine through pharmacy in past years. PHARMAC’s decision now makes it easier for pharmacies to provide funded influenza vaccine for people 65 and over, and pregnant women from 1 April.
More than a million New Zealanders receive influenza vaccine each year, most of them Government-funded. Currently people able to get Government-funded influenza vaccine include people 65 and over, pregnant women, and people with chronic conditions such as asthma, heart disease and diabetes.
PHARMAC Deputy Medical Director Dr Bryan Betty says the move aims to increase options for people to receive a funded influenza vaccine.
