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Diphtheria

Immunological Products and Vaccines Vaccines and antisera BNF 1404000F0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Diphtheria was ranked 377th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 22,702 items, up 2.2% on a year earlier.

22,702items +2.2%

Dispensed in May 2026

282,926items

Rolling 12 months

£178,471

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Diphtheria: national items dispensed by month

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Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Vaccines and antisera
  • Presentations 6 shown
  • Average cost / item £7.86
  • Year on year Up 2.2% 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 Diphtheria this month.

Presentations of Diphtheria, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Revaxis vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes 1404000F0BLAAAW 22,643 £177,115
Repevax vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes 1404000F0BMAAAX 25 £500
Adacel vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes 1404000F0BTAABD 16 £304
Infanrix-IPV + Hib vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes 1404000F0BNABBB 11 £306
Infanrix Hexa vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes 1404000F0BQAAAZ 6 £223
Boostrix-IPV inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes 1404000F0BPAAAX 1 £23

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

Where Diphtheria is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Diphtheria volumes.

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

Compare Diphtheria with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Diphtheria 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.