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Tube feed 1.5 kcal/ml (0914021)

Nutrition and Blood Enteral nutrition BNF 0914021E0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Tube feed 1.5 kcal/ml (0914021) was ranked 974th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 541 items, down 13.6% on a year earlier.

541items -13.6%

Dispensed in May 2026

6,073items

Rolling 12 months

£281,392

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Tube feed 1.5 kcal/ml (0914021): national items dispensed by month

0 432 864 Jan 2023 Aug 2023 Mar 2024 Oct 2024 May 2025 Dec 2025 Jul 2026 61 Jan 2023: 688 Feb 2023: 600 Mar 2023: 647 Apr 2023: 532 May 2023: 498 Jun 2023: 641 Jul 2023: 537 Aug 2023: 629 Sep 2023: 601 Oct 2023: 540 Nov 2023: 587 Dec 2023: 551 Jan 2024: 587 Feb 2024: 577 Mar 2024: 608 Apr 2024: 528 May 2024: 720 Jun 2024: 587 Jul 2024: 716 Aug 2024: 741 Sep 2024: 589 Oct 2024: 661 Nov 2024: 589 Dec 2024: 604 Jan 2025: 598 Feb 2025: 442 Mar 2025: 553 Apr 2025: 517 May 2025: 626 Jun 2025: 586 Jul 2025: 864 Aug 2025: 607 Sep 2025: 642 Oct 2025: 721 Nov 2025: 563 Dec 2025: 739 Jan 2026: 592 Feb 2026: 538 Mar 2026: 569 Apr 2026: 561 May 2026: 541 Jun 2026: 567 Jul 2026: 61

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Enteral nutrition
  • Presentations 4 shown
  • Average cost / item £520.13
  • Year on year Down 13.6% 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 Tube feed 1.5 kcal/ml (0914021) this month.

Presentations of Tube feed 1.5 kcal/ml (0914021), May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Nutrini Energy liquid 0914021E0BCAAAC 326 £156,677
Tentrini Energy liquid 0914021E0BDAAAB 112 £64,017
PaediaSure Plus tube feed liquid 0914021E0BEAAAD 87 £49,016
Frebini Energy liquid unflavoured 0914021E0BBAAAA 16 £11,682

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

Where Tube feed 1.5 kcal/ml (0914021) is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Tube feed 1.5 kcal/ml (0914021) volumes.

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

Compare Tube feed 1.5 kcal/ml (0914021) with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Tube feed 1.5 kcal/ml (0914021) 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.