Simvastatin
Simvastatin was ranked 29th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 760,287 items, down 17.4% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Simvastatin: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Lipid-regulating drugs
- Presentations 11 shown
- Average cost / item £0.98
- Year on year Down 17.4% on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Simvastatin this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simvastatin 40mg tablets | 0212000Y0AAADAD | 373,940 | £341,278 |
| Simvastatin 20mg tablets | 0212000Y0AAABAB | 326,143 | £260,541 |
| Simvastatin 10mg tablets | 0212000Y0AAAAAA | 50,556 | £35,095 |
| Simvastatin 80mg tablets | 0212000Y0AAAHAH | 9,206 | £12,849 |
| Simvastatin 20mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 0212000Y0AAAKAK | 158 | £42,093 |
| Simvastatin 40mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 0212000Y0AAALAL | 134 | £44,827 |
| Zocor 20mg tablets | 0212000Y0BBABAB | 81 | £3,303 |
| Zocor 40mg tablets | 0212000Y0BBACAD | 38 | £1,930 |
| Zocor 10mg tablets | 0212000Y0BBAAAA | 23 | £487 |
| Simvador 20mg tablets | 0212000Y0BDABAB | 7 | £7 |
| Simvador 40mg tablets | 0212000Y0BDACAD | 1 | £2 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Simvastatin is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Simvastatin volumes.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
- Granta Medical Practices 13,055
- Modality Partnership (awc) 11,876
- Rothschild House Group 11,122
- Riverside Surgery 11,088
- Vida Healthcare 9,883
- Beacon Medical Practice 9,775
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Simvastatin with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Simvastatin 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.