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Leg Bags

Incontinence Appliances Leg Bags BNF 2250
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Leg Bags was ranked 213th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 67,653 items, up 2.0% on a year earlier.

67,653items +2%

Dispensed in May 2026

668,376items

Rolling 12 months

£2,341,394

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Leg Bags: national items dispensed by month

0 39k 79k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 78,859 Jan 2021: 58k Feb 2021: 51k Mar 2021: 56k Apr 2021: 57k May 2021: 56k Jun 2021: 60k Jul 2021: 59k Aug 2021: 56k Sep 2021: 62k Oct 2021: 56k Nov 2021: 59k Dec 2021: 60k Jan 2022: 61k Feb 2022: 54k Mar 2022: 61k Apr 2022: 55k May 2022: 60k Jun 2022: 59k Jul 2022: 60k Aug 2022: 53k Sep 2022: 62k Oct 2022: 62k Nov 2022: 61k Dec 2022: 61k Jan 2023: 66k Feb 2023: 55k Mar 2023: 65k Apr 2023: 54k May 2023: 62k Jun 2023: 64k Jul 2023: 62k Aug 2023: 62k Sep 2023: 61k Oct 2023: 59k Nov 2023: 64k Dec 2023: 62k Jan 2024: 66k Feb 2024: 59k Mar 2024: 60k Apr 2024: 64k May 2024: 64k Jun 2024: 61k Jul 2024: 66k Aug 2024: 64k Sep 2024: 64k Oct 2024: 68k Nov 2024: 62k Dec 2024: 65k Jan 2025: 70k Feb 2025: 61k Mar 2025: 63k Apr 2025: 61k May 2025: 66k Jun 2025: 66k Jul 2025: 70k Aug 2025: 63k Sep 2025: 67k Oct 2025: 69k Nov 2025: 65k Dec 2025: 67k Jan 2026: 72k Feb 2026: 63k Mar 2026: 69k Apr 2026: 67k May 2026: 68k Jun 2026: 70k Jul 2026: 79k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Leg Bags
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £34.61
  • Year on year Up 2.0% 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 Leg Bags this month.

Presentations of Leg Bags, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Prosys sterile leg bag with lever tap 500ml long 22500955013 7,772 £246,222
Simpla Profile sterile leg bag 500ml tube 25cm 22501005068 6,632 £265,494
Prosys sterile leg bag with lever tap 500ml short 22500955012 5,346 £166,781
Libra sterile leg bag long tube 500ml 22502085002 4,793 £164,707
Prosys sterile leg bag with slide tap 500ml long 22500955009 4,785 £147,901
Libra sterile leg bag short tube 500ml 22502085001 3,820 £129,291
Prosys sterile leg bag with slide tap 500ml short 22500955008 3,600 £111,228
Simpla Profile sterile leg bag 500ml tube 6cm 22501005067 3,594 £144,512
Ugo 2C sterile leg bag with lever tap 500ml long tube 22506155003 1,885 £53,682
Spirit sterile leg bag 30cm long tube 500ml 22500505054 1,750 £50,221
Spirit sterile leg bag 10cm short tube 500ml 22500505053 1,457 £41,455
Ugo 1C sterile leg bag with lever tap 500ml short tube 22506155002 1,344 £38,674
LINC-Flo sterile leg bag with lever tap 30cm inlet 500ml 22502655016 1,292 £35,709
LINC-Flo sterile leg bag with lever tap 10cm inlet 500ml 22502655015 1,122 £31,448
LINC-Flo sterile leg bag with T tap 30cm inlet 500ml 22502655006 968 £26,141

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

Where Leg Bags is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Leg Bags volumes.

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

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The monthly series for Leg Bags 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.