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Hepatitis A

Immunological Products and Vaccines Vaccines and antisera BNF 140400030
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Hepatitis A was ranked 313th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 34,236 items, down 5.9% on a year earlier.

34,236items -5.9%

Dispensed in May 2026

415,426items

Rolling 12 months

£713,203

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Hepatitis A: national items dispensed by month

0 28k 55k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 55,497 Jan 2021: 3k Feb 2021: 4k Mar 2021: 3k Apr 2021: 2k May 2021: 2k Jun 2021: 2k Jul 2021: 2k Aug 2021: 2k Sep 2021: 2k Oct 2021: 3k Nov 2021: 5k Dec 2021: 5k Jan 2022: 6k Feb 2022: 8k Mar 2022: 11k Apr 2022: 10k May 2022: 12k Jun 2022: 17k Jul 2022: 21k Aug 2022: 13k Sep 2022: 13k Oct 2022: 14k Nov 2022: 14k Dec 2022: 16k Jan 2023: 21k Feb 2023: 22k Mar 2023: 24k Apr 2023: 18k May 2023: 22k Jun 2023: 31k Jul 2023: 32k Aug 2023: 26k Sep 2023: 27k Oct 2023: 31k Nov 2023: 28k Dec 2023: 29k Jan 2024: 39k Feb 2024: 38k Mar 2024: 36k Apr 2024: 31k May 2024: 31k Jun 2024: 37k Jul 2024: 39k Aug 2024: 31k Sep 2024: 33k Oct 2024: 37k Nov 2024: 32k Dec 2024: 37k Jan 2025: 46k Feb 2025: 42k Mar 2025: 44k Apr 2025: 35k May 2025: 36k Jun 2025: 41k Jul 2025: 46k Aug 2025: 35k Sep 2025: 40k Oct 2025: 41k Nov 2025: 39k Dec 2025: 44k Jan 2026: 50k Feb 2026: 51k Mar 2026: 48k Apr 2026: 34k May 2026: 34k Jun 2026: 37k Jul 2026: 55k

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 £20.83
  • Year on year Down 5.9% 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 Hepatitis A this month.

Presentations of Hepatitis A, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Avaxim vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes 140400030BCAAAD 19,772 £429,578
Havrix Monodose vacc inj 1ml pre-filled syringes 140400030BBACAC 7,503 £166,419
Avaxim Junior vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes 140400030BCABAD 3,219 £54,117
Havrix Junior Monodose vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes 140400030BBADAD 2,255 £38,033
VAQTA Adult vacc inj 1ml pre-filled syringes 140400030BDABAC 934 £16,905
VAQTA Paediatric vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes 140400030BDAAAD 553 £8,151

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

Where Hepatitis A is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Hepatitis A volumes.

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

Compare Hepatitis A with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Hepatitis A 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.