Influenza

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Vaccines and antisera

Data updated March 2026

Influenza was ranked 146th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 149,368 items, down 17.4% on a year earlier.

149,368items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£2,428,517

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

13,459,777items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Influenza: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Influenza, by items this month.

Presentations of Influenza, March 2026
Presentation	Items	Net ingredient cost
Adjuvanted trivalent flu vacc (SA, inact) inj 0.5ml pfs	53,018	£922,582
Trivalent Flu/Vac/SA inj 0.5ml pfs	38,799	£680,922
Adjuvanted quadrivalent flu vacc (SA, inact) inj 0.5ml pfs	19,976	£269,676
Supemtek Trivalent vaccine (recombinant) inj 0.5ml pfs	16,946	£297,402
Influenza vaccine (surface antigen, inact) inj 0.5ml pfs	15,343	£191,788
Fluad Tetra vaccine inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	1,378	£16,371
Efluelda Trivalent Flu/Vac/Split High Dose inj 0.5ml pfs	998	£21,956
Influvac sub-unit Tetra vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	775	£7,704
Flucelvax Tetra vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	665	£6,610
Fluad vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	634	£6,207
Influenza TIV MYL vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	352	£2,816
Quadrivalent Flu/Vac/Split inj 0.5ml pfs	311	£2,488
Influenza Tetra MYL vacc inj 0.5ml pre-filled syringes	74	£592
Supemtek Quadrivalent vaccine (recombinant) inj 0.5ml pfs	63	£1,106
Vaxigrip Trivalent Flu/Vac/Split inj 0.5ml pfs	35	£280

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