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Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations
Paraffin soft yellow

Paraffin soft yellow

Name: Paraffin soft yellow NHS prescribing in England
Creator: PharmaInsight
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Eye Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations BNF 1108010N0

Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Paraffin soft yellow was ranked 1072nd of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 293 items, down 27.3% on a year earlier.

293items -27.3%

Dispensed in May 2026

3,390items

Rolling 12 months

£46,825

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Paraffin soft yellow: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations
Presentations 1 shown
Average cost / item £159.81
Year on year Down 27.3% 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.

Where Paraffin soft yellow is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Paraffin soft yellow volumes.

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Top dispensing practices

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

Compare Paraffin soft yellow with

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

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The monthly series for Paraffin soft yellow 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.