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Catheter Valves

Incontinence Appliances Catheter Valves BNF 2205
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Catheter Valves was ranked 444th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 14,284 items, up 8.0% on a year earlier.

14,284items +8%

Dispensed in May 2026

138,034items

Rolling 12 months

£248,571

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Catheter Valves: national items dispensed by month

0 16k 31k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 31,481 Jan 2021: 11k Feb 2021: 10k Mar 2021: 11k Apr 2021: 11k May 2021: 10k Jun 2021: 11k Jul 2021: 11k Aug 2021: 11k Sep 2021: 12k Oct 2021: 10k Nov 2021: 11k Dec 2021: 11k Jan 2022: 11k Feb 2022: 10k Mar 2022: 11k Apr 2022: 10k May 2022: 11k Jun 2022: 11k Jul 2022: 11k Aug 2022: 10k Sep 2022: 12k Oct 2022: 12k Nov 2022: 12k Dec 2022: 12k Jan 2023: 12k Feb 2023: 11k Mar 2023: 12k Apr 2023: 10k May 2023: 12k Jun 2023: 12k Jul 2023: 12k Aug 2023: 12k Sep 2023: 12k Oct 2023: 12k Nov 2023: 13k Dec 2023: 12k Jan 2024: 12k Feb 2024: 12k Mar 2024: 12k Apr 2024: 12k May 2024: 13k Jun 2024: 12k Jul 2024: 13k Aug 2024: 13k Sep 2024: 12k Oct 2024: 13k Nov 2024: 12k Dec 2024: 13k Jan 2025: 14k Feb 2025: 12k Mar 2025: 12k Apr 2025: 12k May 2025: 13k Jun 2025: 13k Jul 2025: 14k Aug 2025: 13k Sep 2025: 14k Oct 2025: 14k Nov 2025: 13k Dec 2025: 14k Jan 2026: 15k Feb 2026: 13k Mar 2026: 14k Apr 2026: 14k May 2026: 14k Jun 2026: 15k Jul 2026: 31k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Catheter Valves
  • Presentations 9 shown
  • Average cost / item £17.40
  • Year on year Up 8.0% 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 Catheter Valves this month.

Presentations of Catheter Valves, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Prosys sterile catheter valve 22050950501 4,476 £59,681
Flip-Flo sterile catheter valve 22050500501 3,227 £63,046
Libra sterile catheter valve 22052080501 1,930 £34,932
Coloplast sterile catheter valve 22051000502 1,634 £53,596
Ugo sterile catheter valve 22056150501 1,243 £17,369
Care-Flo sterile catheter valve 22052650002 1,011 £10,531
E-Z Flow sterile catheter valve 22051750501 451 £7,068
Teleflex sterile catheter valve 22054880501 310 £2,320
Euro sterile catheter valve 22052400501 2 £28

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

Where Catheter Valves is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Catheter Valves volumes.

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

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The monthly series for Catheter Valves 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.