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Ceftriaxone 2g powder for solution for injection vials

Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) · indicative cost
Data updated April 2026

NHS hospitals in England used £16,587,439 of indicative cost of Ceftriaxone 2g powder for solution for injection vials in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.1% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 4.1% on the previous 12 months.

£16,587,439 +4.1%

Indicative cost · 12 months

870,976units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.1%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Ceftriaxone 2g powder for solution for injection vials: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £0.8m £1.6m Apr 2021 Jan 2022 Oct 2022 Jul 2023 Apr 2024 Jan 2025 Apr 2026 £1.4m Apr 2021: £0.9m May 2021: £0.9m Jun 2021: £1.0m Jul 2021: £1.0m Aug 2021: £1.0m Sep 2021: £1.0m Oct 2021: £1.0m Nov 2021: £1.1m Dec 2021: £1.2m Jan 2022: £1.0m Feb 2022: £1.0m Mar 2022: £1.2m Apr 2022: £1.1m May 2022: £1.0m Jun 2022: £0.9m Jul 2022: £1.2m Aug 2022: £1.2m Sep 2022: £1.2m Oct 2022: £1.1m Nov 2022: £1.2m Dec 2022: £1.4m Jan 2023: £1.3m Feb 2023: £1.0m Mar 2023: £1.1m Apr 2023: £1.1m May 2023: £1.2m Jun 2023: £1.1m Jul 2023: £1.1m Aug 2023: £1.2m Sep 2023: £1.2m Oct 2023: £1.2m Nov 2023: £1.2m Dec 2023: £1.3m Jan 2024: £1.3m Feb 2024: £1.3m Mar 2024: £1.3m Apr 2024: £1.3m May 2024: £1.4m Jun 2024: £1.2m Jul 2024: £1.4m Aug 2024: £1.3m Sep 2024: £1.3m Oct 2024: £1.4m Nov 2024: £1.4m Dec 2024: £1.5m Jan 2025: £1.3m Feb 2025: £1.1m Mar 2025: £1.4m Apr 2025: £1.3m May 2025: £1.2m Jun 2025: £1.3m Jul 2025: £1.6m Aug 2025: £1.4m Sep 2025: £1.3m Oct 2025: £1.4m Nov 2025: £1.3m Dec 2025: £1.5m Jan 2026: £1.4m Feb 2026: £1.3m Mar 2026: £1.5m Apr 2026: £1.4m

Source: NHSBSA Secondary Care Medicines Data, to April 2026

Cost is indicative — actual hospital medicine prices are commercially confidential, so these figures are estimated from list prices. See methodology.

NHS trusts using Ceftriaxone 2g powder for solution for injection vials most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Ceftriaxone 2g powder for solution for injection vials most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Imperial College Healthcare Nhs Trust £798,799
Western Sussex Hospitals Nhs Found Trust £625,249
Royal Free London Nhs Foundation Trust £445,869
Croydon Health Services Nhs Trust £419,581
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Nhs Ft £409,971
Barkinghavering & Redbridge Hpls Trst £372,597
Salford Royal Nhs Foundation Trust £361,573
Barts Health Nhs Trust £328,265
Univ Hpl B/Ham Nhs Foundation Trust £326,312
South Tees Hosp Nhs Foundation Trust £313,531

The primary-care picture

No confident match to a community-dispensed medicine was found for this product, so no primary-care comparison is shown. SCMD products are recorded at product level, which does not always map cleanly to a BNF substance.