Medicines
Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Urinary-Tract Disorders
Drugs used in obstetrics
Dinoprostone

Dinoprostone

Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Urinary-Tract Disorders Drugs used in obstetrics BNF 0701010I0

Data updated March 2026 Download CSV

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Dispensed in March 2026

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Rolling 12 months

£106

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

Figure 1. Dinoprostone: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Drugs used in obstetrics
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Average cost / item £106.23

What this is

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

Where Dinoprostone is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Dinoprostone volumes.

Top regions

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board 1

Top dispensing practices

Howdale Surgery 1
Clarkson Surgery 1

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

Compare Dinoprostone with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Dinoprostone 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.