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Glucose vs Glucose blood testing reagents

National NHS prescribing compared (Prescription Cost Analysis)
Data updated May 2026

Glucose blood testing reagents was dispensed 13.5× as often as Glucose in May 2026 — 396,242 items versus 29,301 in England.

29,301items

Glucose · May 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

396,242items

Glucose blood testing reagents · May 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Glucose versus Glucose blood testing reagents: national items dispensed by month

▬ Glucose   ·   ╌ Glucose blood testing reagents

0 284k 568k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Oct 2022 Aug 2023 Jun 2024 Apr 2025 May 2026 Glucose blood te… 29,301 Jan 2021: 20k Feb 2021: 19k Mar 2021: 22k Apr 2021: 21k May 2021: 21k Jun 2021: 23k Jul 2021: 24k Aug 2021: 22k Sep 2021: 24k Oct 2021: 22k Nov 2021: 23k Dec 2021: 24k Jan 2022: 23k Feb 2022: 22k Mar 2022: 25k Apr 2022: 23k May 2022: 26k Jul 2022: 26k Aug 2022: 26k Sep 2022: 25k Oct 2022: 25k Nov 2022: 25k Dec 2022: 25k Jan 2023: 25k Feb 2023: 23k Mar 2023: 27k Apr 2023: 24k May 2023: 26k Jun 2023: 28k Jul 2023: 27k Aug 2023: 27k Sep 2023: 27k Oct 2023: 26k Nov 2023: 26k Dec 2023: 26k Jan 2024: 27k Feb 2024: 26k Mar 2024: 26k Apr 2024: 27k May 2024: 29k Jun 2024: 27k Jul 2024: 30k Aug 2024: 29k Sep 2024: 28k Oct 2024: 29k Nov 2024: 27k Dec 2024: 28k Jan 2025: 29k Feb 2025: 26k Mar 2025: 28k Apr 2025: 29k May 2025: 30k Jun 2025: 30k Jul 2025: 32k Aug 2025: 29k Sep 2025: 30k Oct 2025: 30k Nov 2025: 28k Dec 2025: 30k Jan 2026: 30k Feb 2026: 27k Mar 2026: 30k Apr 2026: 29k May 2026: 29k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

Glucose versus Glucose blood testing reagents, May 2026
Measure Glucose Glucose blood testing reagents
Items, May 2026 29,301 396,242
Items, last 12 months 355,227 5,101,256
Net ingredient cost, May 2026 £308,403 £5,188,321

See the full profile for Glucose or Glucose blood testing reagents.