Medicines
Skin
Emollient and barrier preparations
Cod liver oil

Cod liver oil

Skin Emollient and barrier preparations BNF 1302020F0

Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Cod liver oil was ranked 1706th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 1 items.

1items

Dispensed in May 2026

4items

Rolling 12 months

£3

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Cod liver oil: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Emollient and barrier preparations
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Average cost / item £3.40

What this is

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

Where Cod liver oil is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Cod liver oil volumes.

Top regions

NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Cod liver oil with

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

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The monthly series for Cod liver oil 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.