mickey_d

You shouldn't have mentioned that mate, it had been stuck on 206.9 for ages, as soon as you said this it jumped up to 211.9!!!!
I think you should keep quiet about money matters for a while. I will watch the GBP/$ with interest now you have mentioned that on another thread

Addictedtosushi

You are missing the point MR HIGH AND MIGHTY I did not realise that you are qualified to suggest that my children were not that sick at all and that I was wasting taxpayers money.(By the way I pay my taxes just thought I would let you know before you get on your high horse again.)

I lived in NZ for nearly 8 years and my husbands wages were so crap that sometimes we had to take a gamble with our childrens health should we take them to the Drs or pay the food bill or the electricity or the council rates......................... see the pattern.............

Wake up in the real world and see the shocking child poverty in NZ where you have families living in garages,damp mouldy cold houses,children going to school with no breakfast,parents who can not afford to take their children to the doctors............

Addictedtosushi

Yes I moved my whole family back to the other side of the world after nearly 8 years living here and my children loving living here just so I could get free medicine???????

Please carry on living in Wanganui because you must really fit in with all the locals with your narrow minded brain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

babybella

Is this just me or does this sound like the banned Debs posting under a different name.
If my kids needed to see a doctor then I would take them and we would all have weetbix for dinner. If you didn't take them then obviously they didn't need to go
Kaz

love30stm

Wind your neck in love

BEVS

Hi Babybella. You have a wee PM .

editing here to add......
For the record & anyone else out there. No. AddictedtoSushi is not an old banned user Debs from 2005



I've just read through some of this thread and it seems to end up in the same old comparison thing where there is no comparison to be had really.

I was nearly killed here in NZ through wrongful GP diagnosis and an operation I did not need, resulting in an emergency situation & a 6 hour operation. I kid you not.

Funnily enough , same for my dear old Dad back in the UK .

So, you see , it's the same old same old everywhere. Depends on who you get for an individual GP and same for the medical staff unless of course, it is all private. Then you get all care but the same medical staff.

ACC + physio treatment is not cost free . Certainly not for my husband. It does have a $$ price to pay.

His renewal prescription is $10 bucks a hit + the bloods and GP costs every couple of months.

We all pay somehow. Don't begrudge it for the UK or for here. It could be the USA where private medical seems to be everything else it's poop time and debt.

Justcol

Whenever I've been to the docs here in nz I've never paid more than 3 bucks for prescription meds

scrubbedexpat094

Depends on what is being prescribed. Some medecines are covered by the government so only cost $3, others are not. Things like HRT aren't part of the scheme. Know someone who couldn't afford the $200/month so stopped taking it.

tweetweet

cough mixture and throat lozenges - $30
is that expensive? I think it is in a place where most wages are $13.50 per hour
oh no it's back to www.oilyrag.co.nz
salt and water or garlic and oranges are cheaper than cough mixture and lozenges
hmmm maybe hot toddy - whisky and lemon and honey ($30?) now we're talking! may as well get sloshed while we are at it

Stormer999

Surely that can be very expensive or very cheap dependent on what you buy in what quantities....I can do that in Boots or Superdrug...

BEVS

Not likely to be very cheap. We haven't an equivalent of Superdrug. Pharmacies around us here are small shops selling a variety of products + a wee chemist area. Bit like a mini Boots. You can buy similar in the supermarkets but again, not cheap. Best thing is to shop around on-line.

jmh

Yes I've had some success on the internet. Just be warned, be careful getting vitamins overseas - some contents like vit D are a prescription med here and medsafe will ask you for a script to let it through - the Doctor's visit wiped out any savings! They did say we were welcome to email them if we weren't sure about any ingredients.

I was looking for a support bandage for my ankle and it was up to $30 in the pharmacy. Went to the cheapy Asian shop down the road and they had good quality ones for $3!