Pharmacies

Pharmacies can help you manage your medicines. This can help if you have a long-term health condition such as diabetes, heart disease or a lung condition. They can help advise if you take a lot of different medicines or sometimes forget to take your medicines.

Pharmacy services can also include time with your pharmacist, yellow cards, medicine charts or calendars, reminders for repeat prescriptions and aids such as weekly or monthly blister packs.

Heathpoint has a list of pharmacies. You can filter by the services they provide. This includes pharmacies that can:

• provide the emergency contraceptive pill — Healthpoint
• provide nicotine replacement therapy, such as patches, gum and lozenges — Healthpoint
• take any expired or unwanted medicines, or needles — Healthpoint
• help with incontinence — Healthpoint
• prescribe antibiotics for urinary tract infections (UTIs) — Healthpoint
• give COVID-19 antiviral medicines — Healthpoint
• give some immunisations — Healthpoint
• prescribe medicine for erection problems — Healthpoint

Most prescribed medicines are subsidised by the Government. You may have to pay for medicines that are not fully subsidised. 

Prescription charges, the prescription subsidy scheme, and charges for other medicines

Charges may apply 

Some services, such as blister packs and home deliveries, may have a charge. Prices can vary, so ask your pharmacy what their cost is. If you are not sure, ask the pharmacy to explain any unexpected charges and how you can avoid them.

There is usually no charge for health advice from a pharmacist.