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Urostomy Bags

Stoma Appliances Urostomy Bags BNF 2396
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Urostomy Bags was ranked 438th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 14,505 items, little changed on a year earlier.

14,505items +0.2%

Dispensed in May 2026

145,561items

Rolling 12 months

£2,861,548

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Urostomy Bags: national items dispensed by month

0 8k 16k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 9,561 Jan 2021: 12k Feb 2021: 11k Mar 2021: 12k Apr 2021: 12k May 2021: 11k Jun 2021: 12k Jul 2021: 12k Aug 2021: 12k Sep 2021: 13k Oct 2021: 12k Nov 2021: 13k Dec 2021: 13k Jan 2022: 12k Feb 2022: 12k Mar 2022: 14k Apr 2022: 12k May 2022: 13k Jun 2022: 12k Jul 2022: 13k Aug 2022: 13k Sep 2022: 13k Oct 2022: 13k Nov 2022: 13k Dec 2022: 13k Jan 2023: 13k Feb 2023: 12k Mar 2023: 14k Apr 2023: 12k May 2023: 13k Jun 2023: 14k Jul 2023: 13k Aug 2023: 14k Sep 2023: 13k Oct 2023: 12k Nov 2023: 14k Dec 2023: 14k Jan 2024: 14k Feb 2024: 13k Mar 2024: 13k Apr 2024: 14k May 2024: 12k Jun 2024: 13k Jul 2024: 15k Aug 2024: 14k Sep 2024: 14k Oct 2024: 15k Nov 2024: 14k Dec 2024: 15k Jan 2025: 15k Feb 2025: 14k Mar 2025: 14k Apr 2025: 14k May 2025: 14k Jun 2025: 14k Jul 2025: 15k Aug 2025: 14k Sep 2025: 14k Oct 2025: 15k Nov 2025: 14k Dec 2025: 16k Jan 2026: 15k Feb 2026: 14k Mar 2026: 15k Apr 2026: 14k May 2026: 15k Jun 2026: 15k Jul 2026: 10k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Urostomy Bags
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £197.28
  • Year on year Little changed 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 Urostomy Bags this month.

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

Where Urostomy Bags is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Urostomy Bags volumes.

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

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The monthly series for Urostomy Bags 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.