Medicines
Immunological Products and Vaccines
Vaccines and antisera
Influenza

Influenza

Name: Influenza NHS prescribing in England
Creator: PharmaInsight
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Immunological Products and Vaccines Vaccines and antisera BNF 1404000H0

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Influenza was ranked 228th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 63,341 items, down 11.6% on a year earlier.

63,341items -11.6%

Dispensed in May 2026

13,360,243items

Rolling 12 months

£979,036

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Influenza: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Vaccines and antisera
Presentations 15 shown
Average cost / item £15.46
Year on year Down 11.6% 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 Influenza this month.

Presentations of Influenza, May 2026
Presentation	BNF code	Items	Net ingredient cost
Adjuvanted trivalent flu vacc (SA, inact) inj 0.5ml pfs	1404000H0AAAMAM	20,726	£359,140
Trivalent Flu/Vac/SA inj 0.5ml pfs	1404000H0AAARAR	12,392	£217,480
Adjuvanted quadrivalent flu vacc (SA, inact) inj 0.5ml pfs	1404000H0AAANAN	12,050	£162,675
Influenza vaccine (surface antigen, inact) inj 0.5ml pfs	1404000H0AAAFAF	8,421	£105,263
Fluad Tetra vaccine inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	1404000H0CCAAAN	2,173	£25,815
Quadrivalent Flu/Vac/Split inj 0.5ml pfs	1404000H0BWAAAK	2,036	£16,288
Flucelvax Tetra vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	1404000H0BZAAAF	1,683	£16,729
Supemtek Trivalent vaccine (recombinant) inj 0.5ml pfs	1404000H0CEABAT	1,496	£26,255
Efluelda Trivalent Flu/Vac/Split High Dose inj 0.5ml pfs	1404000H0CHAAAL	1,143	£25,146
Influvac sub-unit Tetra vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	1404000H0BCADAF	92	£914
Fluad vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	1404000H0BXAAAM	60	£587
Influenza TIV MYL vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	1404000H0BYACAR	4	£32
Vaxigrip Trivalent Flu/Vac/Split inj 0.5ml pfs	1404000H0CGAAAU	1	£8
Quadrivalent Flu/Vac/Split High-Dose inj 0.7ml pfs	1404000H0BWABAQ	887	£21,288
Influenza Tetra MYL vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	1404000H0BYAAAF	177	£1,416

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

Where Influenza is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Influenza volumes.

Top regions

Top dispensing practices

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

Compare Influenza with

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

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The monthly series for Influenza 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.