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Quetiapine

Central Nervous System Drugs used in psychoses and related disorders BNF 0402010AB
Data updated April 2026 Download CSV

Quetiapine was ranked 62nd of 1,792 medicines by items in April 2026, with 393,431 items, up 2.8% on a year earlier.

393,431items +2.8%

Dispensed in April 2026

4,307,496items

Rolling 12 months

£4,178,794

Net ingredient cost · April 2026

Figure 1. Quetiapine: national items dispensed by month

0 207k 413k Jan 2021 Oct 2021 Aug 2022 May 2023 Feb 2024 Nov 2024 Apr 2026 393,431 Jan 2021: 339k Feb 2021: 324k Mar 2021: 363k Apr 2021: 351k May 2021: 335k Jun 2021: 356k Jul 2021: 358k Aug 2021: 343k Sep 2021: 356k Oct 2021: 343k Nov 2021: 356k Dec 2021: 374k Jan 2022: 355k Feb 2022: 333k Mar 2022: 374k Apr 2022: 352k Jun 2022: 357k Jul 2022: 354k Aug 2022: 367k Sep 2022: 362k Oct 2022: 360k Nov 2022: 368k Dec 2022: 369k Jan 2023: 369k Feb 2023: 340k Mar 2023: 387k Apr 2023: 348k May 2023: 373k Jun 2023: 379k Jul 2023: 368k Aug 2023: 379k Sep 2023: 369k Oct 2023: 377k Nov 2023: 379k Dec 2023: 377k Jan 2024: 388k Feb 2024: 366k Mar 2024: 371k Apr 2024: 381k May 2024: 386k Jun 2024: 365k Jul 2024: 407k Aug 2024: 387k Sep 2024: 377k Oct 2024: 395k Nov 2024: 378k Dec 2024: 390k Jan 2025: 398k Feb 2025: 355k Mar 2025: 380k Apr 2025: 383k May 2025: 395k Jun 2025: 384k Jul 2025: 407k Aug 2025: 377k Sep 2025: 393k Oct 2025: 404k Nov 2025: 373k Dec 2025: 413k Jan 2026: 396k Feb 2026: 366k Mar 2026: 401k Apr 2026: 393k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs used in psychoses and related disorders
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £10.62
  • Year on year Up 2.8% 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.

Top presentations, April 2026

The individual products dispensed under Quetiapine this month.

Presentations of Quetiapine, April 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Quetiapine 25mg tablets 0402010ABAAABAB 130,342 £110,113
Quetiapine 100mg tablets 0402010ABAAACAC 68,283 £87,932
Quetiapine 200mg tablets 0402010ABAAADAD 36,192 £56,249
Quetiapine 300mg tablets 0402010ABAAAKAK 28,073 £38,967
Quetiapine 150mg tablets 0402010ABAAAFAF 24,920 £34,779
Quetiapine 50mg tablets 0402010ABAABHBH 21,139 £134,790
Quetiapine 50mg modified-release tablets 0402010ABAAAVAV 16,169 £600,644
Quetiapine 300mg modified-release tablets 0402010ABAAAXAX 13,035 £860,280
Quetiapine 200mg modified-release tablets 0402010ABAAAWAW 10,071 £465,988
Quetiapine 400mg modified-release tablets 0402010ABAAAYAY 6,850 £555,909
Quetiapine 150mg modified-release tablets 0402010ABAABABA 5,153 £247,499
Sondate XL 300mg tablets 0402010ABBCACAX 4,025 £74,882
Sondate XL 50mg tablets 0402010ABBCAAAV 3,961 £25,014
Sondate XL 400mg tablets 0402010ABBCADAY 2,845 £57,857
Zaluron XL 50mg tablets 0402010ABBHAAAV 2,817 £51,455

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to April 2026 OGL v3.0

Where Quetiapine is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Quetiapine volumes.

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

Compare Quetiapine with

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