From February 1st, some people with stable, long-term conditions will be eligible to get prescriptions that last up to 12 months for some medications .
A 12-month prescription will not be clinically appropriate for all people.
Prescribers will use their clinical judgement to decide what is clinically safe and appropriate for each individual.
Eligible people will be required to have a yearly in-person review of their condition and medications with their prescriber.
Pharmacies can still only dispense a maximum three month supply (six months for oral contraceptives) at a time, as they do currently. Repeats will need to be collected from the same pharmacy.
There is no change to the duration of supply for controlled drugs.