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Dalteparin sodium 5,000units/0.2ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes

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

NHS hospitals in England used £19,502,618 of indicative cost of Dalteparin sodium 5,000units/0.2ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.1% of all hospital medicines spend. That is down 13.9% on the previous 12 months.

£19,502,618 -13.9%

Indicative cost · 12 months

1,139,456units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.1%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Dalteparin sodium 5,000units/0.2ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £1.4m £2.8m Apr 2021 Jan 2022 Oct 2022 Jul 2023 Apr 2024 Jan 2025 Apr 2026 £1.2m Apr 2021: £2.0m May 2021: £2.1m Jun 2021: £2.4m Jul 2021: £2.4m Aug 2021: £2.4m Sep 2021: £2.4m Oct 2021: £2.5m Nov 2021: £2.8m Dec 2021: £2.8m Jan 2022: £2.5m Feb 2022: £2.4m Mar 2022: £2.8m Apr 2022: £2.5m May 2022: £2.7m Jun 2022: £2.6m Jul 2022: £2.6m Aug 2022: £2.8m Sep 2022: £2.5m Oct 2022: £2.5m Nov 2022: £2.7m Dec 2022: £2.6m Jan 2023: £2.6m Feb 2023: £2.4m Mar 2023: £2.6m Apr 2023: £2.5m May 2023: £2.8m Jun 2023: £2.8m Jul 2023: £2.6m Aug 2023: £2.8m Sep 2023: £2.5m Oct 2023: £2.7m Nov 2023: £2.8m Dec 2023: £2.3m Jan 2024: £2.5m Feb 2024: £2.4m Mar 2024: £2.2m Apr 2024: £2.2m May 2024: £2.2m Jun 2024: £1.9m Jul 2024: £2.1m Aug 2024: £2.0m Sep 2024: £1.9m Oct 2024: £2.0m Nov 2024: £1.8m Dec 2024: £1.8m Jan 2025: £1.8m Feb 2025: £1.6m Mar 2025: £1.7m Apr 2025: £1.7m May 2025: £1.7m Jun 2025: £1.7m Jul 2025: £1.8m Aug 2025: £1.9m Sep 2025: £2.0m Oct 2025: £1.9m Nov 2025: £1.5m Dec 2025: £1.7m Jan 2026: £1.5m Feb 2026: £1.3m Mar 2026: £1.4m Apr 2026: £1.2m

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 Dalteparin sodium 5,000units/0.2ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Dalteparin sodium 5,000units/0.2ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Manchester University Nhs Ft £2,301,570
Frimley Health Nhs Foundation Trust £1,289,117
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust £1,277,893
Oxford University Hospitals Nhs Ft £1,198,693
Cambridge Univ Hosp Nhs Foundation Trust £1,144,697
St George's Univ Hosps Foundation Nhst £904,278
Buckinghamshire Hospitals Nhs Trust £885,660
University Hpls North Midlands Nhs Trust £825,601
Epsom & St Helier Univ Hpls Nhs Trust £756,224
Doncaster & Bassetlaw T Hospitals Nhs Ft £710,107

The primary-care picture

Dalteparin sodium is also dispensed in the community. See the national primary-care prescribing volume, cost and trend on the Dalteparin sodium medicine page.