Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Subsidised NRT to be available on Prescription and Quit Card from 1 September 2009
PHARMAC is pleased to announce that from 1 September 2009 nicotine patches, gum and lozenges will be funded on the presentation of either a prescription or a Quit Card. This will enable Practitioners to be able to prescribe subsidised NRT on a prescription, as an alternative to the Quit Cards.
Further information for pharmacists about this change:
- Fax to pharmacies re incorrect NRT registration number on flow chart (1 page, 108 KB)
- Pharmacist instructions sheet (5 pages, 192 KB)
- Summary diagram of pharmacist instructions (2 pages, 149 KB)
- Information for LOTS users (1 page, 79 KB)
- Information for TONIQ users (1 page, 409 KB)
- Patient question and answer sheet (2 pages, 122 KB)
Further information for general practitioners about this change:
- ABC quick reference card.pdf (2 pages, 164 KB)
- NRT GPs Notification letter (1 page, 156 KB)
Other useful links:
The Quit group 
www.quit.org.nz
Ministry of Health www.moh.govt.nz
For any other enquiries relating to this change, please call PHARMAC (toll-free) on
0800 66 00 50 (9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday).
Page updated on 02 Sep 2009
Linked documents
Fax to pharmacies re incorrect NRT registration number on flow chart (1 page, 108 KB)
31 August 2009 Dear Pharmacist Subsidised Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) – error in flow chart As you are aware, from 1 September 2009 NRT will be funded on the presentation of either a prescription or a Quit Card. This enables…
Pharmacist instructions sheet (5 pages, 192 KB)
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) Implementation Information for Pharmacists To enable NRT to be funded on a prescription as well as a Quit Card, a number of system changes were required to align the processing of Quit Cards with the current…
NRT Flowchart (2 pages, 149 KB)
Prescriptions and Quit Card processing and claiming: 1 Sept - 1 Dec 2009 Please keep this document for easy reference on processing and claiming of old Quit Cards, new Quit Cards and prescriptions between 1 September and 1 December 2009.…
Information for LOTS users (1 page, 79 KB)
For LOTS Users -Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) Dispensing from 1st Sep 09 onwards From 1st Sep 09, NRT dispensing will be funded via a prescription or a Quit Card. How do I dispense NRT from a prescription? When dispensing an…
Information for TONIQ users (1 page, 409 KB)
How do I process Nicotine Replacement Therapy cards? Sept ‘09 From 1 Sept ’09 NRT medicine dispensed from cards must be processed on the default A4 Rx code and will price using the standard subsidy formula. The shortfall in payment…
Patient question and answer sheet (2 pages, 122 KB)
NRT Implementation - Patient Q & A Sheet How can I get subsidised NRT? You can get subsidised NRT on prescription or on a Quit Card. Your doctor can prescribe you with NRT. You can also call the national free-phone…
ABC quick reference card.pdf (2 pages, 164 KB)
ABC FOR SMOKING CESSATION QUICK REFERENCE CARD ASK Ask all people if they smoke and document their smoking status in the clinical record. Use the following descriptions (or similar). • Current smoker • Ex-smoker • Never smoked For anyone who…
NRT GPs Notification letter (1 page, 156 KB)
NRT (GUM, PATCHES AND LOZENGES) TO BE SUBSIDISED ON PRESCRIPTION FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2009 Prescribing of NRT From 1 September, Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) will be subsidised via prescription (it is currently only subsidised via Quit Cards). We recommend that…
