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Other multivitamin preparations

Nutrition and Blood Vitamins BNF 090607000
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Other multivitamin preparations was ranked 174th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 105,184 items, up 4.7% on a year earlier.

105,184items +4.7%

Dispensed in May 2026

1,034,016items

Rolling 12 months

£813,649

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Other multivitamin preparations: national items dispensed by month

0 57k 113k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 52,056 Jan 2021: 77k Feb 2021: 72k Mar 2021: 81k Apr 2021: 77k May 2021: 75k Jun 2021: 80k Jul 2021: 80k Aug 2021: 76k Sep 2021: 81k Oct 2021: 78k Nov 2021: 81k Dec 2021: 84k Jan 2022: 82k Feb 2022: 75k Mar 2022: 85k Apr 2022: 79k May 2022: 82k Jun 2022: 80k Jul 2022: 80k Aug 2022: 81k Sep 2022: 81k Oct 2022: 80k Nov 2022: 83k Dec 2022: 82k Jan 2023: 84k Feb 2023: 75k Mar 2023: 86k Apr 2023: 77k May 2023: 82k Jun 2023: 84k Jul 2023: 84k Aug 2023: 85k Sep 2023: 84k Oct 2023: 86k Nov 2023: 88k Dec 2023: 86k Jan 2024: 91k Feb 2024: 86k Mar 2024: 87k Apr 2024: 91k May 2024: 94k Jun 2024: 89k Jul 2024: 97k Aug 2024: 94k Sep 2024: 92k Oct 2024: 98k Nov 2024: 95k Dec 2024: 97k Jan 2025: 102k Feb 2025: 91k Mar 2025: 97k Apr 2025: 97k May 2025: 100k Jun 2025: 98k Jul 2025: 103k Aug 2025: 95k Sep 2025: 103k Oct 2025: 106k Nov 2025: 98k Dec 2025: 109k Jan 2026: 105k Feb 2026: 98k Mar 2026: 108k Apr 2026: 107k May 2026: 105k Jun 2026: 113k Jul 2026: 52k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Vitamins
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £7.74
  • Year on year Up 4.7% 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 multivitamin preparations this month.

Presentations of Other multivitamin preparations, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Forceval capsules 090607000BBEGA1 51,299 £577,876
Valupak Multivitamin One A Day tablets 090607000BBIKBB 18,329 £7,568
Renavit tablets 090607000BBLEBB 17,596 £77,378
Abidec Multivitamin drops 090607000BBFJBF 9,636 £47,166
Forceval Soluble tablets 090607000BBLCA0 5,942 £75,667
Dalivit oral drops 090607000BBAZAG 1,353 £15,050
EN-Multivit tablets 090607000BBLFBB 301 £5,433
Healthy Start Children's Vitamin drops 090607000BBLJA0 285 £761
Forceval Soluble Junior tablets 090607000BBLDA0 183 £2,109
Ketovite tablets 090607000BBCGAX 65 £1,082
Wellkid Smart chewable tablets 090607000BBLHA0 62 £414
Multivitamin tablets 090607000AABBBB 26 £5
Numark Vitamin B Complex tablets 090607000BBLVBB 21 £12
Ketovite liquid 090607000BBCFAZ 20 £2,723
Healthy Start Women's Vitamin tablets 090607000BBLPA0 14 £42

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

Where Other multivitamin preparations is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Other multivitamin preparations volumes.

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

Compare Other multivitamin preparations with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Other multivitamin 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.