Do you qualify for a FREE PelvicToner?

Do you qualify to receive your PelvicToner absolutely free of charge?

Very many women qualify for free prescriptions. When you pay nothing for your PelvicToner, there is absolutely no excuse for not acting immediately to address a problem that many women ignore for up to 10 years*.

The PelvicToner has been on the Drug Tariffs for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales since January 2011 and thousands of women have been recommended to use the PelvicToner by their GP, practice nurse or physiotherapist.

If you do not want to bother your GP, or you are too embarrassed to raise the matter with him/her, then you can still purchase your PelvicToner for immediate delivery from this website - just visit the shop.

Do you live in England?

You are entitled to FREE prescriptions if you live in England and:-

you are over 60
you are pregnant
you have had a baby in the previous 12 months and hold a valid Maternity Exemption Certificate

There are also many other exemptions - check below.

Even if you do not qualify for a free PelvicToner, NHS prescriptions are charged per item and as of 1 April 2014 you will only pay £8.05.

Do you live in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales?

NHS prescription charges have been abolished in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

All prescriptions dispensed in Northern Ireland are free, even for patients visiting from England, Wales or Scotland.

You are entitled to free prescriptions in Wales if you are:

A patient registered with a Welsh GP and you receive your prescription from a Welsh pharmacy
A Welsh patient who has an English GP and an entitlement card and you receive your prescriptions from a Welsh pharmacy

You are entitled to free prescriptions in Scotland if you are:

A patient registered with a Scottish GP and you receive your prescription from a Scottish pharmacy
A Scottish patient who has an English GP and an entitlement card and you receive your prescriptions from a Scottish pharmacy

My GP says he/she has never heard of the PelvicToner!

Even after 3 years, we still regularly have calls to our Help Desk from women saying that their GP denies all knowledge of the PelvicToner and the benefits it offers.

We have tried!

When the PelvicToner was first put on the Drug Tariffs throughout the UK (in January 2011) the manufacturers wrote to every GP practice in the UK on six occasions over a 12 month period. Every GP surgery was sent information, fact sheets and even asked to take part in a survey of how the practice managed women with stress incontinence.

Articles about the PelvicToner appeared in a number of professional journals targetted at GPs, specialist urology consultants, practice nurses, physiotherapists and continence advisors.

The PelvicToner was listed in MIMS, the monthly publication of the devices and drugs that your GP can prescribe.

In addition, the PelvicToner was listed on all the Prescription Management computer systems used by GPs.

If your GP still denies all knowledge you can click here to print of a copy of our NHS Fact Sheet.

You may be subject to a Postcode Lottery?

Unfortunately, it is not always your GP who makes the big decisions. Everyone is aware that the availability of drugs and treatments can vary around the country. This has been the subject of considerable debate for many years.

In some parts of the country anonymous bodies called Clinical Commissioning Groups, Medicines Management Groups or Committees take decisions as to what their local GPs are allowed to prescribe.

Sometimes they will impose a blanket ban on all devices, such as the PelvicToner, for no logical reason.

In other cases the Committee, or even your GP, may claim that they will not prescribe the PelvicToner on cost grounds. This is patent nonsense because the cost to the practice of a PelvicToner is one tenth of the cost of sending you to a physiotherapist for the only comparable form of treatment - a 3 month course of supervised pelvic floor muscle training - and the benefits for you will be greater and achieved far more rapidly if you use a PelvicToner. The PelvicToner is also considerably cheaper and more effective than other pharmaceutical or surgical interventions.

If you are still not getting the help you deserve from your GP then we suggest you write to your local newspaper.

NHS prescription exemptions in England - complete list

To qualify for free prescriptions you must be:

Under 16
16 to 18 and in full-time education
60 or over
Pregnant
Have had a baby in the previous 12 months and hold a valid Maternity Exemption Certificate
Have a specified medical condition and hold a valid Medical Exemption Certificate
Have a continuing physical disability which means you cannot go out without help from another person and hold a valid Medical Exemption Certificate
An NHS inpatient

You will also be exempt from prescription charges if you or your partner (including civil partners) are named on, or are entitled to an NHS tax credit exemption certificate or a valid HG2 certificate (full help with health costs), or you receive either:

Income support
Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Pension Credit Guarantee Credit

* Source: NICE Guidelines on Stress Incontinence 2013