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Other Appliances

Other Appliances

Appliances Other Appliances BNF 2101

Data updated April 2026 Download CSV

Other Appliances was ranked 24th of 1,792 medicines by items in April 2026, with 862,093 items, down 1.9% on a year earlier.

862,093items -1.9%

Dispensed in April 2026

9,865,202items

Rolling 12 months

£4,941,033

Net ingredient cost · April 2026

Figure 1. Other Appliances: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Other Appliances
Presentations 15 shown
Average cost / item £5.73
Year on year Down 1.9% 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, April 2026

The individual products dispensed under Other Appliances this month.

Presentations of Other Appliances, April 2026
Presentation	BNF code	Items	Net ingredient cost
Sharpsafe disposal unit 1 litre	21010900432	47,150	£54,019
GlucoRx lancets 0.31mm/30gauge	21010900689	47,102	£199,581
GlucoRx CarePoint hypod insulin needles for pre-filled / reusable pen injectors screw on 4mm/31gauge	21010900703	46,532	£149,699
Viva hypodermic insulin needles for pre-filled / reusable pen injectors screw on 4mm/32gauge	21010900607	45,400	£203,701
Sharpsguard disposal unit 1 litre	21010900431	41,583	£50,656
Microlet lancets 0.5mm/28gauge	21010900620	34,220	£113,331
AeroChamber Plus	21010230115	30,968	£175,465
GlucoRx CarePoint Ultra hypod ins needles for pre-filled/reusable pen injectors screw on 4mm/32gauge	21010900739	24,217	£80,484
AeroChamber Plus with mask	21010230116	23,896	£227,139
Insupen Original hypodermic insulin needles for pf / reusable pen injectors screw on 4mm/32 gauge	21012600105	23,443	£69,186
FastClix lancets 0.3mm/30gauge	21010900687	23,295	£140,470
GlucoRx FinePoint hypod insulin needles for pre-filled / reusable pen injectors screw on 4mm/31gauge	21010900802	19,022	£101,824
AeroChamber Plus Flow-Vu Anti-Static	21010230165	17,433	£101,503
Glucoject lancets PLUS 0.2mm/33gauge	21010900637	17,271	£73,127
GlucoRx CarePoint hypod insulin needles for pre-filled / reusable pen injectors screw on 5mm/31gauge	21010900704	17,083	£56,708

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

Where Other Appliances is dispensed

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

Top regions

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board 61,792
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board 55,209
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board 47,775
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board 37,331

Top dispensing practices

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