Minor Health Conditions Service

What is happening? 

Choose well for yourself and your whānau this Winter by making your local community pharmacy the place you visit for advice, medicine and referral for minor health conditions.  

A pharmacist can provide you with trusted advice related to your situation. They can give you advice on managing your condition and if needed, treatment options which may include medication. If your condition needs further support, they can recommend the best place for you to go for help. 

This Winter, for some groups of people and for some minor health conditions, this advice and treatment, if needed, will be free. This is called the Community Pharmacy Minor Health Conditions Service. 

We’re doing this to help relieve pressure on the health system in parts of the motu that are particularly stretched.  

The following health conditions are included in the Minor Health Conditions Service: 

• Acute diarrhoea
• Dehydration
• Eye inflammation and infections
• Scabies
• Headlice
• Pain and fever
• Eczema/Dermatitis
• Minor skin infections

The Minor Health Conditions Service is for: 

• Māori or Pacific Peoples
• Children under 14 years of age, or whānau members of a child with similar symptoms. For example, if the pharmacist determines your child is needing treatment for scabies and they have older brothers or sisters, or you yourself also have symptoms, they may provide advice and medication for all of you.
• Community Service Card (CSC) holders

 The service is scheduled to start Monday 12 June and will run until Saturday 30 September.

 Participating Pharmacies