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Other Appliances

Appliances Other Appliances BNF 2101
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Other Appliances was ranked 24th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 848,323 items, down 6.9% on a year earlier.

848,323items -6.9%

Dispensed in May 2026

8,889,939items

Rolling 12 months

£4,871,249

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Other Appliances: national items dispensed by month

0 489k 977k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 564,994 Jan 2021: 811k Feb 2021: 770k Mar 2021: 860k Apr 2021: 817k May 2021: 829k Jun 2021: 909k Jul 2021: 897k Aug 2021: 825k Sep 2021: 905k Oct 2021: 890k Nov 2021: 928k Dec 2021: 933k Jan 2022: 875k Feb 2022: 826k Mar 2022: 933k Apr 2022: 849k May 2022: 893k Jun 2022: 864k Jul 2022: 871k Aug 2022: 878k Sep 2022: 884k Oct 2022: 896k Nov 2022: 936k Dec 2022: 937k Jan 2023: 936k Feb 2023: 862k Mar 2023: 957k Apr 2023: 824k May 2023: 886k Jun 2023: 932k Jul 2023: 891k Aug 2023: 888k Sep 2023: 907k Oct 2023: 935k Nov 2023: 969k Dec 2023: 928k Jan 2024: 977k Feb 2024: 916k Mar 2024: 911k Apr 2024: 940k May 2024: 960k Jun 2024: 897k Jul 2024: 970k Aug 2024: 905k Sep 2024: 912k Oct 2024: 975k Nov 2024: 944k Dec 2024: 937k Jan 2025: 965k Feb 2025: 865k Mar 2025: 902k Apr 2025: 878k May 2025: 911k Jun 2025: 890k Jul 2025: 933k Aug 2025: 837k Sep 2025: 912k Oct 2025: 938k Nov 2025: 874k Dec 2025: 936k Jan 2026: 921k Feb 2026: 850k Mar 2026: 911k Apr 2026: 862k May 2026: 848k Jun 2026: 903k Jul 2026: 565k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Other Appliances
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £5.74
  • Year on year Down 6.9% 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 Other Appliances this month.

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

Where Other Appliances is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Other Appliances volumes.

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

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The monthly series for Other Appliances 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.