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Vitamins caps

Nutrition and Blood Vitamins BNF 0906070T0
Data updated April 2026 Download CSV

Vitamins caps was ranked 429th of 1,792 medicines by items in April 2026, with 16,164 items, down 8.6% on a year earlier.

16,164items -8.6%

Dispensed in April 2026

187,550items

Rolling 12 months

£6,727

Net ingredient cost · April 2026

Figure 1. Vitamins caps: national items dispensed by month

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Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Vitamins
  • Presentations 4 shown
  • Average cost / item £0.42
  • Year on year Down 8.6% 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, April 2026

The individual products dispensed under Vitamins caps this month.

Presentations of Vitamins caps, April 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Vitamins capsules 0906070T0AAAAAA 16,152 £6,723
Aa BPC Vitamin capsules 0906070T0BDAAAA 8 £3
AVITA BPC Vitamin capsules 0906070T0BEAAAA 3 £1
HealthAid Multivitamin capsules 0906070T0BCAAAA 1 £0

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

Where Vitamins caps is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Vitamins caps volumes.

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

Compare Vitamins caps with

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