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Alfacalcidol

Nutrition and Blood Vitamins BNF 0906040B0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Alfacalcidol was ranked 217th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 66,267 items, down 3.2% on a year earlier.

66,267items -3.2%

Dispensed in May 2026

679,071items

Rolling 12 months

£366,507

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Alfacalcidol: national items dispensed by month

0 59k 119k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 118,921 Jan 2021: 62k Feb 2021: 59k Mar 2021: 65k Apr 2021: 63k May 2021: 61k Jun 2021: 64k Jul 2021: 65k Aug 2021: 62k Sep 2021: 64k Oct 2021: 61k Nov 2021: 63k Dec 2021: 66k Jan 2022: 63k Feb 2022: 58k Mar 2022: 65k Apr 2022: 61k May 2022: 64k Jun 2022: 62k Jul 2022: 62k Aug 2022: 63k Sep 2022: 62k Oct 2022: 63k Nov 2022: 64k Dec 2022: 64k Jan 2023: 63k Feb 2023: 58k Mar 2023: 66k Apr 2023: 59k May 2023: 64k Jun 2023: 64k Jul 2023: 63k Aug 2023: 64k Sep 2023: 63k Oct 2023: 64k Nov 2023: 65k Dec 2023: 64k Jan 2024: 66k Feb 2024: 62k Mar 2024: 63k Apr 2024: 65k May 2024: 67k Jun 2024: 63k Jul 2024: 69k Aug 2024: 66k Sep 2024: 64k Oct 2024: 68k Nov 2024: 65k Dec 2024: 67k Jan 2025: 69k Feb 2025: 62k Mar 2025: 66k Apr 2025: 66k May 2025: 68k Jun 2025: 67k Jul 2025: 72k Aug 2025: 65k Sep 2025: 69k Oct 2025: 71k Nov 2025: 66k Dec 2025: 71k Jan 2026: 68k Feb 2026: 64k Mar 2026: 70k Apr 2026: 68k May 2026: 66k Jun 2026: 70k Jul 2026: 119k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Vitamins
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £5.53
  • Year on year Down 3.2% on a year earlier
What this is
Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Top presentations, May 2026

The individual products dispensed under Alfacalcidol this month.

Presentations of Alfacalcidol, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Alfacalcidol 250nanogram capsules 0906040B0AAAAAA 32,699 £78,522
Alfacalcidol 500nanogram capsules 0906040B0AAAIAI 17,536 £78,422
Alfacalcidol 1microgram capsules 0906040B0AAABAB 11,130 £146,685
One-Alpha 250nanogram capsules 0906040B0BBAAAA 2,177 £10,710
One-Alpha 0.5microgram capsules 0906040B0BBAHAI 1,125 £10,095
One-Alpha 2micrograms/ml oral drops 0906040B0BBAIAJ 976 £34,911
One-Alpha 1microgram capsules 0906040B0BBABAB 454 £6,309
AlfacalEss 0.25microgram capsules 0906040B0BCAAAA 88 £107
AlfacalEss 0.5microgram capsules 0906040B0BCABAI 38 £115
AlfaD 0.25microgram capsules 0906040B0BEADAA 14 £84
AlfaD 1microgram capsules 0906040B0BEACAB 12 £212
AlfacalEss 1microgram capsules 0906040B0BCACAB 10 £46
AlfaD 0.5microgram capsules 0906040B0BEABAI 5 £80
One-Alpha 1micrograms/0.5ml solution for injection ampoules 0906040B0BBAFAF 2 £86
One-Alpha 2micrograms/1ml solution for injection ampoules 0906040B0BBAGAG 1 £123

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0

Where Alfacalcidol is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Alfacalcidol volumes.

Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.

Compare Alfacalcidol with

Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.

Download this data

The monthly series for Alfacalcidol is in this page's CSV. For the ranked national series across every medicine, with the method and caveats documented, see the most-prescribed medicines dataset in our open data catalogue.