Medicines
Anaesthesia
Local anaesthesia
Ropivacaine hydrochloride

Ropivacaine hydrochloride

Anaesthesia Local anaesthesia BNF 1502010R0

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1items

Dispensed in April 2026

4items

Rolling 12 months

£16

Net ingredient cost · April 2026

Figure 1. Ropivacaine hydrochloride: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Local anaesthesia
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Average cost / item £15.87

What this is

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

Where Ropivacaine hydrochloride is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Ropivacaine hydrochloride volumes.

Top regions

NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Ropivacaine hydrochloride with

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

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The monthly series for Ropivacaine hydrochloride 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.