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Other food for special diet preparations

Nutrition and Blood Oral nutrition (OLD - DO NOT USE) BNF 090401000
Data updated December 2024 Download CSV

Other food for special diet preparations was dispensed in England in December 2024, with 10 items, down 50.0% on a year earlier.

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Dispensed in December 2024

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Rolling 12 months

£7,801

Net ingredient cost · December 2024

Figure 1. Other food for special diet preparations: national items dispensed by month

0 40k 80k Jan 2021 Aug 2021 Mar 2022 Oct 2022 May 2023 Dec 2023 Dec 2024 10 Jan 2021: 69k Feb 2021: 65k Mar 2021: 72k Apr 2021: 71k May 2021: 68k Jun 2021: 72k Jul 2021: 72k Aug 2021: 67k Sep 2021: 70k Oct 2021: 67k Nov 2021: 72k Dec 2021: 75k Jan 2022: 71k Feb 2022: 71k Mar 2022: 80k Apr 2022: 74k May 2022: 77k Jun 2022: 74k Jul 2022: 74k Aug 2022: 72k Sep 2022: 70k Oct 2022: 70k Nov 2022: 73k Dec 2022: 70k Jan 2023: 10 Feb 2023: 12 Mar 2023: 13 Apr 2023: 18 May 2023: 16 Jun 2023: 14 Jul 2023: 12 Aug 2023: 7 Sep 2023: 18 Oct 2023: 13 Nov 2023: 14 Dec 2023: 20 Jan 2024: 5 Feb 2024: 4 Mar 2024: 11 Apr 2024: 13 May 2024: 5 Jun 2024: 9 Jul 2024: 9 Aug 2024: 9 Sep 2024: 5 Oct 2024: 10 Nov 2024: 6 Dec 2024: 10

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to December 2024

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Oral nutrition (OLD - DO NOT USE)
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £780.14
  • Year on year Down 50.0% 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, December 2024

The individual products dispensed under Other food for special diet preparations this month.

Presentations of Other food for special diet preparations, December 2024
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Hepa-Merz Granulat 3000 granules for oral solution sachets 090401000BBKNA0 10 £7,801

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to December 2024 OGL v3.0

Where Other food for special diet preparations is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Other food for special diet preparations volumes.

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

Compare Other food for special diet preparations with

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