She is calling for the rules to be changed so other women don't have to go through the same experience
Sadie said:"I had a detailed conversation with the pharmacist who informed me my allergy tablets would be prescribed free of charge. But I miscarried, and never collected the maternity exemption certificate. Consequently, I was fined three months later, and while dealing with the pain of a miscarriage, I had to prove I was pregnant in the first place. It was horrible."
Sadie Hawkes was dealing with the trauma of miscarrying when she was fined by the NHS for claiming a free prescription while pregnant. Picture: Sadie Hawkes/SWNS Sadie discovered she was pregnant in September last year. She was thrilled, and looking forward to motherhood, but at nine weeks she started to experience problems. Sadie went for scans at Airedale Hospital and on February 19, she was told there was a possibility of a miscarriage. After 12 hours in A&E, and an overnight stay, she received the devastating news that she had been dreading.
Sadie, a veterinary nurse, said:"Everything was fine for the first two months, then I started to have problems. Despite being originally told the baby was healthy, it turned out I'd miscarried. The next few weeks were hell – my whole world fell apart." Two weeks earlier, Sadie had an appointment with her local pharmacist who prescribed her allergy tablets on the NHS – on the grounds she was pregnant. Under NHS rules, pregnancy does not qualify women in England for free prescriptions unless their midwife registers them for a maternity exemption certificate. Pharmacists are legally required to request the certificate, so Sadie scheduled an appointment with her midwife to organise the paperwork.
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