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Anti-infective skin preparations
Salicylic acid

Salicylic acid

Skin Anti-infective skin preparations BNF 1310020V0

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Dispensed in December 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£299

Net ingredient cost · December 2025

Figure 1. Salicylic acid: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to December 2025

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Anti-infective skin preparations
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Average cost / item £299.02

What this is

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

Where Salicylic acid is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Salicylic acid 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 Salicylic acid with

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Download this data

The monthly series for Salicylic acid 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.