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Skin cleansers,antiseptics and desloughing agents
Benzalkonium chloride

Benzalkonium chloride

Skin Skin cleansers,antiseptics and desloughing agents BNF 1311030D0

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Dispensed in August 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£9

Net ingredient cost · August 2025

Figure 1. Benzalkonium chloride: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to August 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Skin cleansers,antiseptics and desloughing agents
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Average cost / item £9.43

What this is

Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Where Benzalkonium chloride is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Benzalkonium chloride volumes.

Top regions

NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board 1

Top dispensing practices

Lydney Practice 1

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

Compare Benzalkonium chloride with

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

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The monthly series for Benzalkonium chloride 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.