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Anti-infective skin preparations
Polymyxins

Polymyxins

Skin Anti-infective skin preparations BNF 1310011W0

Data updated October 2025 Download CSV

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Dispensed in October 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£38

Net ingredient cost · October 2025

Figure 1. Polymyxins: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to October 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Anti-infective skin preparations
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Average cost / item £37.74

What this is

Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Where Polymyxins is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Polymyxins volumes.

Top regions

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Polymyxins with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Polymyxins 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.