Phenol
Phenol was ranked 1385th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 25 items, down 13.8% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Phenol: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Anti-infective skin preparations
- Presentations 1 shown
- Average cost / item £3.21
- Year on year Down 13.8% on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Phenol this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germolene antiseptic cream | 1310050P0BBABAD | 25 | £80 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Phenol is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Phenol volumes.
Top regions
- NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board 5
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board 4
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board 3
- NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board 3
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board 2
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board 1
Top dispensing practices
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Phenol with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Phenol 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.