Other emollient preparations
Other emollient preparations was ranked 66th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 368,818 items, down 8.8% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Other emollient preparations: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Emollient and barrier preparations
- Presentations 15 shown
- Average cost / item £8.13
- Year on year Down 8.8% on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Other emollient preparations this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dermol 500 lotion | 130201000BBICBW | 197,128 | £1,464,640 |
| Doublebase gel | 130201000BBJGCA | 47,109 | £347,157 |
| Aveeno cream | 130201000BBCJA8 | 38,148 | £402,924 |
| Dermol cream | 130201000BBKFA0 | 34,623 | £275,025 |
| E45 cream | 130201000BBBAAL | 24,427 | £244,323 |
| Oilatum cream | 130201000BBJPCD | 7,809 | £76,877 |
| Doublebase Dayleve gel | 130201000BBLACA | 3,391 | £28,447 |
| E45 lotion | 130201000BBAUA0 | 2,643 | £18,991 |
| Aveeno Skin Relief moisturising lotion with shea butter | 130201000BBKDA0 | 2,017 | £20,206 |
| Doublebase emollient shower gel | 130201000BBMFCA | 1,642 | £14,255 |
| Aveeno Daily moisturising lotion | 130201000BBLJA0 | 1,519 | £12,042 |
| Oilatum Junior cream | 130201000BBKKCD | 1,499 | £12,792 |
| Eucerin UreaRepair Plus 10% urea lotion | 130201000BBMIDR | 1,333 | £19,096 |
| CeraDerm lotion | 130201000BBMKA0 | 1,206 | £6,817 |
| Unguentum M cream | 130201000BBINA5 | 875 | £10,580 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Other emollient preparations is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Other emollient preparations volumes.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
- Modality Partnership (awc) 5,782
- Granta Medical Practices 4,044
- Beacon Medical Practice 3,132
- Lakeside Healthcare Stamford 2,907
- Holderness Health 2,570
- Westrop Medical Practice 2,065
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Other emollient preparations with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Other emollient preparations 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.