Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Notification of prescribing rules for Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Click here (2 pages, 129 KB) to read a letter about the details required for prescribing funded Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
Subsidised NRT to be available on Prescription and Quit Card from 1 September 2009
From 1 September 2009 nicotine patches, gum and lozenges were funded upon presentation of either a prescription or a Quit Card. This change enabled Practitioners to be able to prescribe subsidised NRT on a prescription, as an alternative to the Quit Cards. All resources relevant to this change are available below. For any further enquiries relating to the change, please call PHARMAC (toll-free) on 0800 66 00 50 (9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday).
Further information for pharmacists about this change:
- Letter to prescribers about prescribing Nicotine Replacement Therapy (2 pages, 129 KB)
- Fax to pharmacies re incorrect NRT registration number on flow chart (1 page, 108 KB)
- Pharmacist instructions sheet (5 pages, 192 KB)
Further information for general practitioners about this change:
- Letter to prescribers about prescribing Nicotine Replacement Therapy (2 pages, 129 KB)
- 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 22 Aug 2011
Linked documents
Notification on prescribing Nicotine Replacement Therapy (2 pages, 129 KB)
21 January 2011 Dear prescriber, Prescribing Nicotine Replacement Therapy (prescriptions and Quitcards) The maximum dispensing rules for funded nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) were removed from 1 January 2011. This change appears to have resulted in uncertainty among some healthcare providers…
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…
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…
