Wound Management & Other Dressings
Wound Management & Other Dressings was ranked 99th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 261,828 items, down 9.9% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Wound Management & Other Dressings: national items dispensed by month
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
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Wound Management & Other Dressings this month.
| 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.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
- Attleborough Surgery 7,935
- Pocklington Group Practice 6,613
- Modality Partnership (awc) 5,458
- James Street Family Practice 5,093
- Clays Practice 4,559
- Oak Tree Surgery 4,504
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Download this data
The monthly series for Wound Management & Other Dressings 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.