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Tacalcitol

Skin Preparations for eczema and psoriasis BNF 1305020R0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Tacalcitol was ranked 1294th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 55 items, down 85.3% on a year earlier.

55items -85.3%

Dispensed in May 2026

1,192items

Rolling 12 months

£1,739

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Tacalcitol: national items dispensed by month

0 345 690 Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 22 Jan 2021: 599 Feb 2021: 536 Mar 2021: 577 Apr 2021: 570 May 2021: 517 Jun 2021: 502 Jul 2021: 514 Aug 2021: 448 Sep 2021: 449 Oct 2021: 459 Nov 2021: 537 Dec 2021: 532 Jan 2022: 506 Feb 2022: 503 Mar 2022: 529 Apr 2022: 491 May 2022: 498 Jun 2022: 526 Jul 2022: 547 Aug 2022: 486 Sep 2022: 494 Oct 2022: 483 Nov 2022: 531 Dec 2022: 459 Jan 2023: 504 Feb 2023: 498 Mar 2023: 568 Apr 2023: 468 May 2023: 519 Jun 2023: 532 Jul 2023: 502 Aug 2023: 502 Sep 2023: 480 Oct 2023: 466 Nov 2023: 541 Dec 2023: 510 Jan 2024: 594 Feb 2024: 609 Mar 2024: 564 Apr 2024: 685 May 2024: 690 Jun 2024: 604 Jul 2024: 637 Aug 2024: 487 Sep 2024: 459 Oct 2024: 512 Nov 2024: 383 Dec 2024: 356 Jan 2025: 418 Feb 2025: 357 Mar 2025: 414 Apr 2025: 343 May 2025: 375 Jun 2025: 354 Jul 2025: 333 Aug 2025: 168 Sep 2025: 170 Oct 2025: 195 Nov 2025: 121 Dec 2025: 115 Jan 2026: 111 Feb 2026: 105 Mar 2026: 80 Apr 2026: 72 May 2026: 55 Jun 2026: 44 Jul 2026: 22

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Preparations for eczema and psoriasis
  • Presentations 2 shown
  • Average cost / item £31.63
  • Year on year Down 85.3% 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 Tacalcitol this month.

Presentations of Tacalcitol, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Curatoderm 4micrograms/g ointment 1305020R0BBAAAA 52 £1,676
Curatoderm 4micrograms/g lotion 1305020R0BBABAB 3 £64

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

Where Tacalcitol is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Tacalcitol volumes.

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

Compare Tacalcitol with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Tacalcitol 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.