Medicines
Anaesthesia
General anaesthesia
Propofol

Propofol

Anaesthesia General anaesthesia BNF 1501010L0

Data updated March 2026 Download CSV

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Dispensed in March 2026

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Rolling 12 months

£65

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

Figure 1. Propofol: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class General anaesthesia
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Average cost / item £65.15

What this is

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

Where Propofol is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Propofol volumes.

Top regions

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Propofol with

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Download this data

The monthly series for Propofol 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.