Penis pump and Viagra prescriptions soar as NHS spends over £20MILLION helping blokes with erectile dysfunction

DOCTORS prescribed a record number of bedroom aids for blokes such as penis pumps and Viagra last year, figures show.

The NHS in England alone spent more than £20million helping men dealing with .

Doctors prescribed a record number of bedroom aids for blokes such as penis pumps and Viagra last year

A total of 24,231 erection devices, including — as seen in 1997 comedy — and constriction rings were prescribed in 2024/25, the NHS Business Services Authority revealed.

That was up by 10,000 on a decade ago.

And the £2.8million cost has doubled since 2015.

Meanwhile, prescriptions for drugs such as and Cialis reached 4.7million — up 100,000 on the year before — with a cost of £17.6million.

The NHS said erection problems are “very common”; in men over 40 and become more likely with age and illness.

A spokesman added: “Effective erectile dysfunction treatment is important for both sexual and mental well-being.”;

Dr Leyla Hannbeck, chief of the Independent Pharmacies Association, said the pumps were a useful option for people who cannot be prescribed Viagra.

She said: “Viagra and Cialis interact with medicines used to treat angina and certain blood pressure medicines so alternatives are available, including pumps, where taking them is unsuitable.”;

The findings come days after actress suggested sex should be prescribed on the NHS.

She spoke out at a a screening of her 2022 film Good Luck To You, Leo Grande — in which she plays a widow who .

Dame Emma, 66, said: “You need sex because it’s part of our health plan, if you like.

“It should really be on the NHS.

“It’s so good for you.”;