Medicines
Ear, Nose and Oropharynx
Drugs acting on the ear
Phenazone/lidocaine

Phenazone/lidocaine

Name: Phenazone/lidocaine NHS prescribing in England
Creator: PharmaInsight
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Ear, Nose and Oropharynx Drugs acting on the ear BNF 1201010AG

Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Phenazone/lidocaine was ranked 441st of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 14,454 items, up 38.0% on a year earlier.

14,454items +38%

Dispensed in May 2026

147,753items

Rolling 12 months

£129,438

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Phenazone/lidocaine: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Drugs acting on the ear
Presentations 1 shown
Average cost / item £8.96
Year on year Up 38.0% 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.

Where Phenazone/lidocaine is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Phenazone/lidocaine volumes.

Top regions

Top dispensing practices

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

Compare Phenazone/lidocaine with

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

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The monthly series for Phenazone/lidocaine 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.