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Night Drainage Bags

Incontinence Appliances Night Drainage Bags BNF 2260
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Night Drainage Bags was ranked 181st of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 97,331 items, up 2.0% on a year earlier.

97,331items +2%

Dispensed in May 2026

968,503items

Rolling 12 months

£1,597,192

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Night Drainage Bags: national items dispensed by month

0 52k 103k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 100,525 Jan 2021: 85k Feb 2021: 76k Mar 2021: 83k Apr 2021: 84k May 2021: 82k Jun 2021: 86k Jul 2021: 85k Aug 2021: 81k Sep 2021: 90k Oct 2021: 81k Nov 2021: 87k Dec 2021: 87k Jan 2022: 88k Feb 2022: 77k Mar 2022: 89k Apr 2022: 79k May 2022: 86k Jun 2022: 84k Jul 2022: 86k Aug 2022: 76k Sep 2022: 89k Oct 2022: 88k Nov 2022: 87k Dec 2022: 88k Jan 2023: 92k Feb 2023: 79k Mar 2023: 94k Apr 2023: 79k May 2023: 87k Jun 2023: 90k Jul 2023: 87k Aug 2023: 90k Sep 2023: 88k Oct 2023: 85k Nov 2023: 92k Dec 2023: 91k Jan 2024: 95k Feb 2024: 87k Mar 2024: 88k Apr 2024: 93k May 2024: 92k Jun 2024: 88k Jul 2024: 97k Aug 2024: 94k Sep 2024: 93k Oct 2024: 100k Nov 2024: 92k Dec 2024: 95k Jan 2025: 102k Feb 2025: 90k Mar 2025: 93k Apr 2025: 90k May 2025: 95k Jun 2025: 95k Jul 2025: 102k Aug 2025: 92k Sep 2025: 97k Oct 2025: 101k Nov 2025: 94k Dec 2025: 97k Jan 2026: 103k Feb 2026: 91k Mar 2026: 99k Apr 2026: 97k May 2026: 97k Jun 2026: 102k Jul 2026: 101k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Night Drainage Bags
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £16.41
  • 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 Night Drainage Bags this month.

Presentations of Night Drainage Bags, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Prosys single use non-sterile drainable night drainage bag 22600956002 27,934 £299,868
Simpla Profile drainable night drainage bag with 120cm tube 2 litre 22601006045 7,239 £201,455
Prosys sterile drainable night drainage bag with lever tap 22600956003 6,409 £117,769
Libra GB3S drainable night drainage bag 22602086003 5,886 £116,212
Simpla S2 non-drainable night drainage bag 22601006003 5,118 £57,365
Spirit One MT drainable night drainage bag 22606156013 3,598 £37,068
Libra GB4 drainable night drainage bag 22602086001 3,438 £57,925
Ugo 10 non-sterile drainable night drainage bag 22606156001 3,289 £35,021
Prosys sterile drainable night drainage bag with slide tap 22600956000 2,629 £53,516
Coloplast drainable night drainage bag 22601006035 2,328 £67,012
LINC-Flo sterile drainable night drainage bag 22606156025 1,940 £16,714
Prosys non-drainable night drainage bag 22600956001 1,839 £13,646
Libra GB5 drainable night drainage bag 22602086006 1,778 £39,099
Libra GB3 drainable night drainage bag 22602086002 1,703 £19,123
LINC-Flo non-sterile drainable night drainage bag 22606156024 1,622 £11,346

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

Where Night Drainage Bags is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Night Drainage Bags volumes.

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

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The monthly series for Night Drainage 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.