Medicines
Respiratory System
Cough preparations
Diamorphine hydrochloride

Diamorphine hydrochloride

Respiratory System Cough preparations BNF 0309010N0

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Dispensed in December 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£365

Net ingredient cost · December 2025

Figure 1. Diamorphine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to December 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Cough preparations
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Average cost / item £365.00

What this is

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

Where Diamorphine hydrochloride is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Diamorphine hydrochloride volumes.

Top regions

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Diamorphine hydrochloride with

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

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The monthly series for Diamorphine hydrochloride 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.