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Welcome to the Forum, visit your local GP wherever you will be living, you will have to pay a fee to see the doctor.

Usually  €10- €20  Doctors charge, + prescription  costs.

For a medication related to a chronic condition you don’t need a prescription sheet issued by your GP each time you want to buy it. 

Just show a photo of the original prescription.

Sometimes some medications can run out of stock, so it is better if you don’t wait until the last day to get the next box.

Even if you are entitled to NI (state health insurance) by being employed, only medications for chronic conditions are covered. 

You will need your GP to fill out some form and send it to the NI services.

Thank you all for the details and explanation.  We just returned back from our first trip to Malta, and were lucky enough to 1) find a long term rental and 2) begin to understand all of the differences between the Malta healthcare system and that of the US. We will have to purchase foreign health insurance as part of our residency application, and still learning about that. Looking forward to getting back to Malta in a few weeks, and settling in there.

Thank you all for the details and explanation. We just returned back from our first trip to Malta, and were lucky enough to 1) find a long term rental and 2) begin to understand all of the differences between the Malta healthcare system and that of the US. We will have to purchase foreign health insurance as part of our residency application, and still learning about that. Looking forward to getting back to Malta in a few weeks, and settling in there. - @edcampanaro

Good to hear