Sodium chloride 0.9% infusion 100ml bags
NHS hospitals in England used £51,900,668 of indicative cost of Sodium chloride 0.9% infusion 100ml bags in the 12 months to July 2026, about 0.2% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 31.1% on the previous 12 months.
Indicative cost · 12 months
Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months
Share of hospital medicines spend
Figure 1. Sodium chloride 0.9% infusion 100ml bags: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)
Source: NHSBSA Secondary Care Medicines Data, to July 2026
Cost is indicative — actual hospital medicine prices are commercially confidential, so these figures are estimated from list prices. See methodology.
NHS trusts using Sodium chloride 0.9% infusion 100ml bags most
By indicative cost over the 12 months to July 2026.
| NHS trust | Indicative cost (12 months) |
|---|---|
| Univ Hpl B/Ham Nhs Foundation Trust | £1,964,590 |
| Barts Health Nhs Trust | £1,747,415 |
| Salford Royal Nhs Foundation Trust | £1,597,154 |
| Imperial College Healthcare Nhs Trust | £1,233,874 |
| Manchester University Nhs Ft | £1,224,838 |
| Guy's & St Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust | £1,205,631 |
| Royal Free London Nhs Foundation Trust | £1,202,267 |
| Nottingham University Hospitals Trust | £1,161,351 |
| Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust | £1,152,553 |
| Cambridge Univ Hosp Nhs Foundation Trust | £1,101,638 |
The primary-care picture
Sodium chloride is also dispensed in the community. See the national primary-care prescribing volume, cost and trend on the Sodium chloride medicine page.