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Glucose vs Glucose blood testing reagents

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

Glucose blood testing reagents was dispensed 14.0× as often as Glucose in March 2026 — 421,425 items versus 30,160 in England.

30,160items

Glucose · March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

421,425items

Glucose blood testing reagents · March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

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

▬ Glucose   ·   ╌ Glucose blood testing reagents

Glucose blood te… 30,160

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

Glucose versus Glucose blood testing reagents, March 2026
Measure Glucose Glucose blood testing reagents
Items, March 2026 30,160 421,425
Items, last 12 months 355,350 5,187,122
Net ingredient cost, March 2026 £317,209 £5,550,509

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