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Elastic Hosiery

Appliances Elastic Hosiery BNF 2107
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Elastic Hosiery was ranked 314th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 33,110 items, down 8.0% on a year earlier.

33,110items -8%

Dispensed in May 2026

342,250items

Rolling 12 months

£671,036

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Elastic Hosiery: national items dispensed by month

0 21k 41k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 30,332 Jan 2021: 31k Feb 2021: 30k Mar 2021: 37k Apr 2021: 35k May 2021: 36k Jun 2021: 41k Jul 2021: 41k Aug 2021: 38k Sep 2021: 38k Oct 2021: 36k Nov 2021: 37k Dec 2021: 34k Jan 2022: 35k Feb 2022: 33k Mar 2022: 38k Apr 2022: 34k May 2022: 37k Jun 2022: 38k Jul 2022: 39k Aug 2022: 40k Sep 2022: 37k Oct 2022: 37k Nov 2022: 38k Dec 2022: 32k Jan 2023: 34k Feb 2023: 34k Mar 2023: 39k Apr 2023: 33k May 2023: 37k Jun 2023: 41k Jul 2023: 41k Aug 2023: 40k Sep 2023: 38k Oct 2023: 38k Nov 2023: 38k Dec 2023: 33k Jan 2024: 36k Feb 2024: 36k Mar 2024: 34k Apr 2024: 37k May 2024: 39k Jun 2024: 37k Jul 2024: 41k Aug 2024: 39k Sep 2024: 37k Oct 2024: 39k Nov 2024: 35k Dec 2024: 32k Jan 2025: 35k Feb 2025: 33k Mar 2025: 35k Apr 2025: 34k May 2025: 36k Jun 2025: 39k Jul 2025: 40k Aug 2025: 36k Sep 2025: 38k Oct 2025: 38k Nov 2025: 33k Dec 2025: 32k Jan 2026: 33k Feb 2026: 32k Mar 2026: 34k Apr 2026: 33k May 2026: 33k Jun 2026: 37k Jul 2026: 30k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Elastic Hosiery
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £20.27
  • Year on year Down 8.0% 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 Elastic Hosiery this month.

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

Where Elastic Hosiery is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Elastic Hosiery volumes.

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Elastic Hosiery 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.