{"id":136569,"date":"2025-05-27T18:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/136569\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T18:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:22:16","slug":"gps-say-12-month-scripts-will-ease-workload-but-wont-apply-to-many-meds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/136569\/","title":{"rendered":"GPs say 12-month scripts will ease workload, but won&#8217;t apply to many meds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Changing the rules to allow for doctors to write 12-month prescriptions is one of just four targeted cost of living initiatives in this year&#8217;s Budget, but a leading GP representative says very few patients will end up getting the full $105 in annual savings.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Simeon Brown announced the introduction of 12-month prescriptions in last week\u2019s Budget, calling it a \u201cwin-win for patients and the health system\u201d by reducing the cost of visits and freeing up GPs&#8217; schedules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\tSubscribe to continue reading<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center newspack-sign-in\" style=\"font-size:13px\">Already have an account? <a href=\"#signin_modal\">Sign In<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size:15px\" class=\"wp-block-list newspack-feature-list\">\n<li>Unlimited access Newsroom Pro articles<\/li>\n<li>Bonus subscription for a friend or family member<\/li>\n<li>Exclusive subscriber-only emails <\/li>\n<li>Access to post and read comments on articles<\/li>\n<li>A daily morning email of news and insights curated by Newsroom Pro editorial team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.co.nz\/newsroom-pro-subscription\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corporate subscriptions also available<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Changing the rules to allow for doctors to write 12-month prescriptions is one of just four targeted cost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[1194,1234,105,1556,4326,12,59715,285,11653,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-136569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-budget","9":"tag-government","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-health-science","12":"tag-medication","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-newsroom-pro","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-premium","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114581192275937845","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}