Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2021
Nurse prescribers now able to initiate Special Authority medicines
30 June 2021 - Joint media release with the Ministry of Health
A change to prescribing rules will make it easier for almost 100,000 New Zealanders to get the medicines they need, according to both the Ministry of Health’s Chief Nursing Officer Lorraine Hetaraka and PHARMAC’s Director of Operations Lisa Williams.
From 1 July 2021 nurse prescribers will become eligible to initiate and renew a special authority for medicines they are authorised to prescribe. This means they will be able to apply, on behalf of their patient, for a government subsidy on a prescription medicine.
