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Catheters

Appliances Catheters BNF 2102

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Catheters was ranked 152nd of 1,792 medicines by items in May 2026, with 136,647 items, up 6.5% on a year earlier.

136,647items +6.5%

Dispensed in May 2026

1,596,113items

Rolling 12 months

£18,520,842

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Catheters: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Catheters
Presentations 15 shown
Average cost / item £135.54
Year on year Up 6.5% 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 Catheters this month.

Presentations of Catheters, May 2026
Presentation	BNF code	Items	Net ingredient cost
Brillant AquaFlate all silicone catheter male 12Ch-24Ch	21020000950	10,345	£155,094
Prosys all silicone catheter male 12Ch-18Ch	21020001033	6,515	£97,038
SpeediCath Compact catheter male one size (12-18Ch)	21020001196	4,902	£1,260,629
Libra all slc cath + pfs of purified water for inflation & empty syrg for deflation male 12Ch-24Ch	21020001458	4,145	£69,017
Prosys all silicone open ended catheter male 12Ch-18Ch	21020001560	4,139	£65,955
VaPro Pocket No Touch hydrophilic catheter male 10Ch-16Ch	21020001149	4,027	£849,294
LoFric Origo catheter male 10Ch-18Ch	21020001408	3,772	£793,187
SpeediCath catheter male 10Ch-14Ch	21020000880	2,926	£622,028
SpeediCath Compact catheter female 8Ch-14Ch	21020001190	2,916	£753,830
Sympacath AquaFlate hydrogel coated latex catheter male 12Ch-24Ch	21020000960	2,697	£46,589
Luja catheter male 10Ch-18Ch	21020001586	2,691	£567,801
Luja catheter female 10Ch-16Ch	21020001604	2,657	£702,775
SpeediCath Flex catheter male 10Ch-16Ch	21020001481	2,510	£516,703
Prosys Vesica Community Catheterisation Pack LT	21020001374	2,479	£60,786
Prosys Vesica Community Catheterisation Pack	21020001378	2,458	£61,402

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

Where Catheters is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Catheters volumes.

Top regions

NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board 16,577
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board 11,024
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board 7,604
NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board 6,703

Top dispensing practices

Modality Partnership (awc) 1,421
Mendip Vale Medical Practice 1,168
Hereford Medical Group 979
Beacon Medical Group 932
Granta Medical Practices 915
Beacon Health Group-Danbury Medical Ctr 868

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