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Wound Management & Other Dressings

Dressings Wound Management & Other Dressings BNF 2003
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Wound Management & Other Dressings was ranked 100th of 1,792 medicines by items in May 2026, with 261,828 items, down 9.9% on a year earlier.

261,828items -9.9%

Dispensed in May 2026

3,452,401items

Rolling 12 months

£10,363,706

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Wound Management & Other Dressings: national items dispensed by month

0 171k 342k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 May 2026 261,828 Jan 2021: 303k Feb 2021: 271k Mar 2021: 315k Apr 2021: 301k May 2021: 296k Jun 2021: 342k Jul 2021: 336k Aug 2021: 325k Sep 2021: 322k Oct 2021: 308k Nov 2021: 324k Dec 2021: 298k Jan 2022: 310k Feb 2022: 274k Mar 2022: 320k Apr 2022: 289k May 2022: 311k Jun 2022: 324k Jul 2022: 318k Aug 2022: 339k Sep 2022: 318k Oct 2022: 294k Nov 2022: 312k Dec 2022: 284k Jan 2023: 309k Feb 2023: 283k Mar 2023: 317k Apr 2023: 270k May 2023: 298k Jun 2023: 332k Jul 2023: 321k Aug 2023: 321k Sep 2023: 317k Oct 2023: 311k Nov 2023: 305k Dec 2023: 274k Jan 2024: 318k Feb 2024: 286k Mar 2024: 276k Apr 2024: 300k May 2024: 307k Jun 2024: 299k Jul 2024: 328k Aug 2024: 315k Sep 2024: 311k Oct 2024: 316k Nov 2024: 291k Dec 2024: 280k Jan 2025: 308k Feb 2025: 265k Mar 2025: 277k Apr 2025: 275k May 2025: 291k Jun 2025: 315k Jul 2025: 322k Aug 2025: 293k Sep 2025: 310k Oct 2025: 311k Nov 2025: 271k Dec 2025: 273k Jan 2026: 291k Feb 2026: 255k Mar 2026: 280k Apr 2026: 270k May 2026: 262k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Wound Management & Other Dressings
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £39.58
  • Year on year Down 9.9% 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 Wound Management & Other Dressings this month.

Presentations of Wound Management & Other Dressings, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Dressit sterile dressing pack with gloves 20030100167 14,350 £120,548
Nurse It sterile dressing pack 20030100169 10,981 £88,303
Inadine dressing 5cm x 5cm 20030100120 6,928 £30,509
Flaminal Forte gel dressing 20031700015 6,488 £200,253
Allevyn Gentle Border dressing 10cm x 10cm 20030900071 5,676 £198,074
Tegaderm Film dressing 6cm x 7cm 20030100183 5,307 £19,020
Softpore dressing 6cm x 7cm 20030100370 4,316 £6,426
Mepilex Border Comfort dressing 10cm x 10cm 20030900398 4,252 £137,245
Mepore dressing 7cm x 8cm 20030100074 3,999 £11,888
Allevyn Gentle Border dressing 7.5cm x 7.5cm 20030900070 3,919 £93,996
Inadine dressing 9.5cm x 9.5cm 20030100121 3,554 £25,860
Mepilex Border Comfort dressing 7.5cm x 7.5cm 20030900397 3,414 £78,224
Atrauman dressing 5cm x 5cm 20030100066 3,256 £17,481
Biatain Silicone dressing 10cm x 10cm 20030900239 3,183 £108,809
Softpore dressing 10cm x 10cm 20030100371 3,132 £9,759

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

Where Wound Management & Other Dressings is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Wound Management & Other Dressings volumes.

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