But what most dont know is you can get this for free from your GP although chemists will not give this info out as they want you to pay £10 for it.
Its listed under Electronic Drug Tariff on NHS website and if you go to the nitty gritty website they have a letter you can print off to take to the GP to show them you mean business as they dont like to give them away.
Make sure they write the prescription under your childs name .
well worth the fight for it as it will rid you of nits within a few uses.
How to get a Prescription
The Nitty Gritty NitFree Comb is available on
NHS Prescription (free of charge to Under 16's)
More and more family doctors all over Britain are discovering that it works much better than any other comb or chemical treatment, and is much more cost-effective to the Practice budget too.
No multiple or repeat prescriptions are necessary.
All you have to do is ask your GP, prescribing nurse or health visitor (or prescribing pharmacist) whether he or she will prescribe a Nitty Gritty NitFree Comb for you and your family. It has been approved for NHS prescription since 2004, and it conforms completely to the latest NHS guidelines.
Unlike any other comb, however, our award-winning comb removes 'live' eggs before they can hatch as well as head lice and unsightly nits.
Please Click here to print out a letter to take to your GP.
It will tell your family doctor, nurse or health visitor all they need to know in order to prescribe a Nitty Gritty NitFree Comb. If they have any questions about our products, or about head lice and nits in general, we would be delighted to hear from them via: nhs@nittygritty.co.uk
Just one comb is all you need to check and protect a whole family. It works brilliantly with any ordinary hair conditioner, or even better with our natural Aromatherapy Solution and we will replace it free of charge if it ever breaks.
What if your GP hasn't heard about the Nitty Gritty NitFree Comb yet, or offers to prescribe another product in its place?
If your GP hasn't heard of the Nitty Gritty Comb yet, or prefers to prescribe ineffective and costly chemical pesticides, firstly let him or her know that the comb is listed and fully approved for NHS prescription.
You could offer to provide some constructive and unbiased feedback on the performance of the comb if he/she will prescribe it for you.
Point out that other products call for repeated treatments, as they only remove the live lice, not the unhatched eggs, whereas the Nitty Gritty NitFree Comb is guaranteed to remove not only even the smallest head lice but also unhatched 'live' eggs and unsightly nits (empty egg cases) quickly and easily.
If still unwilling to prescribe it for you, we will be happy to send your family doctor a complimentary Nitty Gritty Comb so he or she can evaluate it. All your doctor has to do is email us at nhs@nittygritty.co.uk and we'll send a complimentary comb out to the surgery by first class post.
So one way or another, we'll make sure you get the best comb in the entire world… because we are mums, and we know that your children, just like our children, deserve the best comb in the entire world.
SUMMARY OF USEFUL INFORMATION
Nitty Gritty NitFree Comb Prescription Details
- As a one-off prescription, one Nitty Gritty NitFree Comb will keep a whole family nit-free - and chemical-free. This means not just removing all head lice, but also the 'live' eggs that cause any ongoing infestation.
- It is listed in Section IX A of the NHS Drug Tariff in the Appliance section under sub-category:
Head Lice Device, Nitty Gritty NitFree steel nit comb with micro-grooved teeth. - It can also be found on the Electronic Drug Tariff on the NHS website
Be sure to click Enter on the The Electronic Drug Tariff before typing in Nitfree or head lice in the search box. - The Nitty Gritty NitFree Comb is also approved for prescription by Prescribing Nurses.
Pediculosis (head lice infestation) is one of the conditions listed for which Nurse Prescribers are allowed to prescribe, under the guidelines on Nurse Prescribing in Part XVII. - Prescribing Health Visitors and Prescribing Pharmacists are also able to dispense the comb.
- The PIP ordering Code for the Nitty Gritty NitFree Comb is 294 6366. (useful for your pharmacist)
