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Calcium folinate

Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression Cytotoxic drugs BNF 0801000I0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Calcium folinate was ranked 1132nd of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 197 items, down 15.8% on a year earlier.

197items -15.8%

Dispensed in May 2026

2,267items

Rolling 12 months

£32,015

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Calcium folinate: national items dispensed by month

0 139.5 279 Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 153 Jan 2021: 236 Feb 2021: 217 Mar 2021: 257 Apr 2021: 253 May 2021: 233 Jun 2021: 245 Jul 2021: 279 Aug 2021: 239 Sep 2021: 245 Oct 2021: 248 Nov 2021: 249 Dec 2021: 277 Jan 2022: 248 Feb 2022: 236 Mar 2022: 249 Apr 2022: 263 May 2022: 234 Jun 2022: 220 Jul 2022: 256 Aug 2022: 206 Sep 2022: 256 Oct 2022: 218 Nov 2022: 224 Dec 2022: 214 Jan 2023: 239 Feb 2023: 209 Mar 2023: 231 Apr 2023: 201 May 2023: 235 Jun 2023: 246 Jul 2023: 212 Aug 2023: 240 Sep 2023: 225 Oct 2023: 237 Nov 2023: 274 Dec 2023: 228 Jan 2024: 253 Feb 2024: 224 Mar 2024: 230 Apr 2024: 241 May 2024: 232 Jun 2024: 229 Jul 2024: 271 Aug 2024: 228 Sep 2024: 230 Oct 2024: 232 Nov 2024: 244 Dec 2024: 237 Jan 2025: 228 Feb 2025: 212 Mar 2025: 215 Apr 2025: 237 May 2025: 234 Jun 2025: 238 Jul 2025: 251 Aug 2025: 222 Sep 2025: 227 Oct 2025: 251 Nov 2025: 213 Dec 2025: 257 Jan 2026: 230 Feb 2026: 222 Mar 2026: 228 Apr 2026: 220 May 2026: 197 Jun 2026: 234 Jul 2026: 153

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Cytotoxic drugs
  • Presentations 2 shown
  • Average cost / item £162.51
  • Year on year Down 15.8% 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 Calcium folinate this month.

Presentations of Calcium folinate, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Calcium folinate 15mg tablets 0801000I0AAAHAH 192 £30,483
Refolinon 15mg tablets 0801000I0BBAAAH 5 £1,532

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

Where Calcium folinate is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Calcium folinate volumes.

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

Compare Calcium folinate with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Calcium folinate 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.