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Vaginal Moisturisers

Appliances Vaginal Moisturisers BNF 2123
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Vaginal Moisturisers was ranked 340th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 29,047 items, up 3.5% on a year earlier.

29,047items +3.5%

Dispensed in May 2026

290,864items

Rolling 12 months

£291,517

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Vaginal Moisturisers: national items dispensed by month

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Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Vaginal Moisturisers
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £10.04
  • Year on year Up 3.5% 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 Vaginal Moisturisers this month.

Presentations of Vaginal Moisturisers, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
YES VM vaginal moisturiser tube 21230000119 7,188 £56,329
ReplensMD vaginal moisturiser tube 21230000105 6,694 £55,873
ReplensMD vaginal moisturiser unit dose 21230000100 5,903 £83,552
YES VM vaginal moisturiser pre-filled applicators 21230000118 3,785 £46,622
YES WB water based vaginal lubricant tube 21230000117 1,587 £13,503
Hyalofemme vaginal moisturiser 21230000112 1,501 £11,046
YES WB water-based vaginal lubricant pre-filled applicator 21230000116 857 £9,445
Sylk vaginal moisturiser 21230000110 526 £3,400
Regelle vaginal moisturiser 21230000115 441 £5,201
Vagisil Internal Hydrating gel 21230000122 264 £2,781
Dr. Wolff's V-san moisturising cream vaginal moisturiser 21230000123 233 £2,951
Balance Activ Hervitality Menopause vaginal moisture 2g pessaries 21230000124 20 £334
Balance Activ Hervitality Menopause vaginal moisturising gel 21230000125 13 £186
Feminesse vaginal moisturiser tube 21230000120 11 £90
ActiGYN vaginal gel 21230000126 11 £54

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

Where Vaginal Moisturisers is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Vaginal Moisturisers volumes.

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Vaginal Moisturisers 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.