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Amoxicillin

Infections Antibacterial drugs BNF 0501013B0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Amoxicillin was ranked 43rd of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 585,989 items, down 2.3% on a year earlier.

585,989items -2.3%

Dispensed in May 2026

7,188,854items

Rolling 12 months

£769,424

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Amoxicillin: national items dispensed by month

0 848k 1.7m Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 1,618 Jan 2021: 522k Feb 2021: 441k Mar 2021: 507k Apr 2021: 493k May 2021: 555k Jun 2021: 624k Jul 2021: 622k Aug 2021: 561k Sep 2021: 721k Oct 2021: 925k Nov 2021: 942k Dec 2021: 961k Jan 2022: 721k Feb 2022: 653k Mar 2022: 814k Apr 2022: 724k May 2022: 708k Jun 2022: 687k Jul 2022: 675k Aug 2022: 566k Sep 2022: 640k Oct 2022: 887k Nov 2022: 1m Dec 2022: 1.7m Jan 2023: 1.2m Feb 2023: 958k Mar 2023: 1m Apr 2023: 736k May 2023: 744k Jun 2023: 657k Jul 2023: 635k Aug 2023: 617k Sep 2023: 615k Oct 2023: 846k Nov 2023: 1m Dec 2023: 1.1m Jan 2024: 1.1m Feb 2024: 986k Mar 2024: 969k Apr 2024: 878k May 2024: 801k Jun 2024: 672k Jul 2024: 683k Aug 2024: 527k Sep 2024: 601k Oct 2024: 833k Nov 2024: 913k Dec 2024: 1.1m Jan 2025: 980k Feb 2025: 806k Mar 2025: 765k Apr 2025: 680k May 2025: 600k Jun 2025: 548k Jul 2025: 520k Aug 2025: 457k Sep 2025: 575k Oct 2025: 762k Nov 2025: 777k Dec 2025: 1m Jan 2026: 871k Feb 2026: 744k Mar 2026: 753k Apr 2026: 638k May 2026: 586k Jun 2026: 563k Jul 2026: 2k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Antibacterial drugs
  • Presentations 10 shown
  • Average cost / item £1.31
  • Year on year Down 2.3% 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 Amoxicillin this month.

Presentations of Amoxicillin, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Amoxicillin 500mg capsules 0501013B0AAABAB 434,048 £432,453
Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 0501013B0AAATAT 81,345 £142,492
Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension 0501013B0AAAKAK 41,982 £84,014
Amoxicillin 125mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 0501013B0AAASAS 11,279 £9,836
Amoxicillin 250mg capsules 0501013B0AAAAAA 6,220 £8,208
Amoxicillin 125mg/5ml oral suspension 0501013B0AAAJAJ 5,557 £5,610
Amoxicillin 500mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free 0501013B0AAAVAV 3,067 £35,896
Amoxicillin 3g oral powder sachets sugar free 0501013B0AAAHAH 1,443 £49,131
Amoxicillin 500mg tablets 0501013B0AABDBD 1,047 £1,783
Amoxil 500mg capsules 0501013B0BCABAB 1 £1

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

Where Amoxicillin is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Amoxicillin volumes.

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

Compare Amoxicillin with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Amoxicillin 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.