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Surgical Sutures
Surgical Sutures

Surgical Sutures

Name: Surgical Sutures NHS prescribing in England
Creator: PharmaInsight
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Dressings Surgical Sutures BNF 2011

Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Surgical Sutures was ranked 560th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 6,826 items, up 7.5% on a year earlier.

6,826items +7.5%

Dispensed in May 2026

72,220items

Rolling 12 months

£21,071

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Surgical Sutures: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Surgical Sutures
Presentations 15 shown
Average cost / item £3.09
Year on year Up 7.5% 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, May 2026

The individual products dispensed under Surgical Sutures this month.

Presentations of Surgical Sutures, May 2026
Presentation	BNF code	Items	Net ingredient cost
Ethilon suture 3gauge 45cm length with 26mm reverse cutting needle	20110000217	2,015	£3,686
Ethilon suture 4gauge 45cm length with 19mm reverse cutting needle	20110000216	1,488	£2,433
Vicryl Rapide suture 1.5gauge 75cm length with 16mm curved cutting P needle	20110000445	456	£1,842
Vicryl Rapide suture 1.5gauge 75cm length with 19mm curved reverse cutting P needle	20110000458	435	£2,046
Prolene suture 1.5gauge 45cm length with 26mm curved cutting P needle	20110000315	404	£1,212
Vicryl Rapide suture 2gauge 75cm length with 19mm curved reverse cutting P needle	20110000448	388	£1,441
Vicryl Rapide suture 2gauge 75cm length with 26mm curved reverse cutting P needle	20110000446	377	£2,107
Ethilon suture 5gauge 45cm length with 19mm reverse cutting needle	20110000218	222	£507
Vicryl Plus suture 3gauge 70cm length with 26mm curved non cutting needle	20110000490	179	£1,046
Vicryl Rapide suture 1gauge 45cm length with 12mm curved reverse cutting P needle	20110000457	147	£1,967
Vicryl Plus suture 1.5gauge 45cm length with 19mm curved reverse cutting needle	20110000486	142	£616
Vicryl Plus suture 2gauge 45cm length with 19mm curved reverse cutting P needle	20110000467	93	£419
Dafilon suture 2gauge 45cm length with 24mm 3/8 curved reverse cutting needle	20110000483	72	£122
Monosyn suture 2gauge 70cm length with 60mm straight cutting needle	20110000470	65	£158
Vicryl Plus suture 1.5gauge 45cm length with 17mm curved non cutting needle	20110000485	59	£320

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

Where Surgical Sutures is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Surgical Sutures volumes.

Top regions

Top dispensing practices

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

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The monthly series for Surgical Sutures 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.