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Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations
Polyvinyl alcohol

Polyvinyl alcohol

Eye Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations BNF 1108010Q0

Data updated December 2025 Download CSV

1items

Dispensed in December 2025

3items

Rolling 12 months

£2

Net ingredient cost · December 2025

Figure 1. Polyvinyl alcohol: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to December 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Miscellaneous ophthalmic preparations
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Average cost / item £1.83

What this is

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

Where Polyvinyl alcohol is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Polyvinyl alcohol volumes.

Top regions

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Polyvinyl alcohol with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Polyvinyl alcohol 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.