Sodium chloride

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Drugs acting on the nose

Data updated March 2026

Sodium chloride was ranked 427th of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 16,979 items, up 8.7% on a year earlier.

16,979items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£952,215

Net ingredient cost · March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

196,959items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Sodium chloride: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Top presentations, March 2026

The individual products dispensed under Sodium chloride, by items this month.

Presentations of Sodium chloride, March 2026
Presentation	Items	Net ingredient cost
Sodium chloride 0.9% neb liq 2.5ml unit dose ampoules	13,202	£791,531
Saline Steripoules nebuliser liquid 2.5ml unit dose ampoules	2,214	£112,794
Saline 0.9% neb liq 2.5ml Steri-Neb unit dose ampoules	1,557	£46,409
Sodium chloride 3% nebuliser liquid	4	£630
Sodium chloride 7% nebuliser liquid	2	£852

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