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Lidocaine hydrochloride

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Local anaesthetics
Data updated March 2026

Lidocaine hydrochloride was ranked 1660th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 2 items, little changed on a year earlier.

2items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£4

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

33items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Lidocaine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

2

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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A lower-volume medicine: under 1,000 items in the last 12 months.

Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Lidocaine hydrochloride, by items this month.

Presentations of Lidocaine hydrochloride, March 2026
Presentation Items Net ingredient cost
Minims lidocaine and fluorescein eye drops 0.5ml unit dose 2 £4

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