Diazepam
National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Hypnotics and anxiolytics
Diazepam was ranked 85th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 314,538 items, down 1.6% on a year earlier.
314,538items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£561,620
Net ingredient cost · March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
3,809,615items
Dispensed in the last 12 months
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Diazepam: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
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The individual products dispensed under Diazepam, by items this month.
| Presentation | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 170,042 | £100,463 |
| Diazepam 5mg tablets | 127,603 | £71,592 |
| Diazepam 10mg tablets | 15,337 | £9,509 |
| Diazepam 10mg/2.5ml rectal solution tube | 396 | £5,131 |
| Diazepam 2mg/5ml oral suspension | 339 | £234,875 |
| Diazepam 5mg/2.5ml rectal solution tube | 278 | £3,815 |
| Diazepam 2.5mg/5ml oral suspension | 161 | £10,529 |
| Diazepam 10mg/5ml oral suspension | 152 | £28,264 |
| Diazepam 2mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | 143 | £82,146 |
| Diazepam 2.5mg/5ml oral solution | 64 | £7,116 |
| Diazepam 10mg/2ml solution for injection ampoules | 8 | £709 |
| Diazepam 2mg/5ml oral solution | 7 | £4,092 |
| Diazepam 25mg/5ml oral solution | 4 | £2,196 |
| Diazepam 2mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 4 | £1,183 |
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