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Liquid paraffin

Eye Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations BNF 1108010L0
Data updated October 2023 Download CSV
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Dispensed in October 2023

0items

Rolling 12 months

£18

Net ingredient cost · October 2023

Figure 1. Liquid paraffin: national items dispensed by month

0 1k 3k Jan 2021 Apr 2021 Jul 2021 Oct 2021 Jan 2022 May 2022 Oct 2023 1 Jan 2021: 3k Feb 2021: 2k Mar 2021: 2k Apr 2021: 2k May 2021: 2k Jun 2021: 2k Jul 2021: 2k Aug 2021: 2k Sep 2021: 2k Oct 2021: 1k Nov 2021: 629 Dec 2021: 638 Jan 2022: 518 Feb 2022: 460 Mar 2022: 468 May 2022: 501 Jun 2022: 501 Jul 2022: 557 Aug 2022: 616 Sep 2022: 626 Oct 2023: 1

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to October 2023

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £17.62
What this is
Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Top presentations, October 2023

The individual products dispensed under Liquid paraffin this month.

Presentations of Liquid paraffin, October 2023
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Liquid paraffin light eye drops 1108010L0AAACAC 1 £18

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to October 2023 OGL v3.0

Where Liquid paraffin is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Liquid paraffin volumes.

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

Compare Liquid paraffin with

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

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The monthly series for Liquid paraffin 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.