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Clotrimazole

Skin Anti-infective skin preparations BNF 1310020H0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Clotrimazole was ranked 239th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 58,009 items, down 21.0% on a year earlier.

58,009items -21%

Dispensed in May 2026

630,488items

Rolling 12 months

£136,274

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Clotrimazole: national items dispensed by month

0 50k 101k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 100,734 Jan 2021: 50k Feb 2021: 48k Mar 2021: 55k Apr 2021: 50k May 2021: 47k Jun 2021: 51k Jul 2021: 51k Aug 2021: 48k Sep 2021: 53k Oct 2021: 51k Nov 2021: 53k Dec 2021: 50k Jan 2022: 51k Feb 2022: 48k Mar 2022: 54k Apr 2022: 48k May 2022: 52k Jun 2022: 50k Jul 2022: 50k Aug 2022: 51k Sep 2022: 51k Oct 2022: 52k Nov 2022: 53k Dec 2022: 48k Jan 2023: 54k Feb 2023: 49k Mar 2023: 57k Apr 2023: 51k May 2023: 57k Jun 2023: 58k Jul 2023: 55k Aug 2023: 55k Sep 2023: 55k Oct 2023: 56k Nov 2023: 56k Dec 2023: 51k Jan 2024: 58k Feb 2024: 55k Mar 2024: 55k Apr 2024: 56k May 2024: 57k Jun 2024: 55k Jul 2024: 60k Aug 2024: 58k Sep 2024: 60k Oct 2024: 66k Nov 2024: 63k Dec 2024: 58k Jan 2025: 65k Feb 2025: 62k Mar 2025: 72k Apr 2025: 71k May 2025: 73k Jun 2025: 67k Jul 2025: 69k Aug 2025: 62k Sep 2025: 68k Oct 2025: 69k Nov 2025: 63k Dec 2025: 62k Jan 2026: 64k Feb 2026: 59k Mar 2026: 65k Apr 2026: 61k May 2026: 58k Jun 2026: 63k Jul 2026: 101k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Anti-infective skin preparations
  • Presentations 7 shown
  • Average cost / item £2.35
  • Year on year Down 21.0% 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 Clotrimazole this month.

Presentations of Clotrimazole, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Clotrimazole 1% cream 1310020H0AAABAB 52,261 £117,284
Canesten 1% solution 1310020H0BBABAA 4,309 £12,162
Canesten 1% cream 1310020H0BBAAAB 801 £3,362
Canesten Dermatological 1% spray 1310020H0BBACAE 627 £3,423
Canesten Athlete's Foot 1% cream 1310020H0BBAEAB 8 £29
Canesten Antifungal cream 1310020H0BBAHAB 2 £7
Canesten AF Dual Action 1% powder 1310020H0BBAFAD 1 £7

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

Where Clotrimazole is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Clotrimazole volumes.

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

Compare Clotrimazole with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Clotrimazole 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.