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Other purified water preparations

Other Drugs and Preparations Waters BNF 191402000
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Other purified water preparations was ranked 891st of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 949 items, little changed on a year earlier.

949items +0.4%

Dispensed in May 2026

9,304items

Rolling 12 months

£6,171

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Other purified water preparations: national items dispensed by month

0 495 990 Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 869 Jan 2021: 844 Feb 2021: 779 Mar 2021: 880 Apr 2021: 877 May 2021: 789 Jun 2021: 876 Jul 2021: 853 Aug 2021: 790 Sep 2021: 802 Oct 2021: 840 Nov 2021: 834 Dec 2021: 861 Jan 2022: 817 Feb 2022: 768 Mar 2022: 882 Apr 2022: 817 May 2022: 839 Jun 2022: 844 Jul 2022: 844 Aug 2022: 861 Sep 2022: 785 Oct 2022: 819 Nov 2022: 792 Dec 2022: 849 Jan 2023: 814 Feb 2023: 762 Mar 2023: 881 Apr 2023: 776 May 2023: 859 Jun 2023: 856 Jul 2023: 843 Aug 2023: 826 Sep 2023: 826 Oct 2023: 827 Nov 2023: 887 Dec 2023: 823 Jan 2024: 901 Feb 2024: 849 Mar 2024: 787 Apr 2024: 923 May 2024: 875 Jun 2024: 840 Jul 2024: 945 Aug 2024: 898 Sep 2024: 848 Oct 2024: 898 Nov 2024: 911 Dec 2024: 920 Jan 2025: 924 Feb 2025: 841 Mar 2025: 886 Apr 2025: 911 May 2025: 945 Jun 2025: 874 Jul 2025: 928 Aug 2025: 887 Sep 2025: 916 Oct 2025: 990 Nov 2025: 825 Dec 2025: 975 Jan 2026: 948 Feb 2026: 886 Mar 2026: 945 Apr 2026: 983 May 2026: 949 Jun 2026: 968 Jul 2026: 869

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Waters
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £6.50
  • Year on year Little changed 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 purified water preparations this month.

Presentations of Other purified water preparations, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Purified water 191402000AAAAAA 949 £6,171

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

Where Other purified water preparations is dispensed

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

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

Compare Other purified water preparations with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Other purified water 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.