About the PBS
How it works for you
This section of the website contains information on who is eligible to receive PBS prescriptions and patient co-payment amounts
All Australian residents are eligible to access the PBS when they fill a prescription for a PBS-listed medicine. Visitors from countries with which Australia has a Reciprocal Health Care Agreement including the United Kingdom (incl. Northern Ireland), Ireland, New Zealand, Malta, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway and Finland also have access to the PBS.
From 1 January 2012, if you’re a general patient, you pay up to $35.40 for most medicines listed on the PBS. People with concession cards pay $5.80.
These payments are called patient co-payments and are revised annually in line with the Consumer Price Index.
