Top items dispensed for oral nutrition in England by number 2022

This statistic displays the leading ten items for oral nutrition dispensed in England, in 2022, by number of prescription items dispensed. In that year, there were approximately 234 thousand items of gluten-free bread dispensed via prescription.

Leading 10 items dispensed for oral nutrition in England in 2022, by number of items

Characteristic	Number of items
Enteral nutrition	4,385,544
Other food for special diet preparations	876,865
Gluten free bread	234,234
Glucose	107,862
Gluten free mixes	84,318
Low protein mixes	19,370
Gluten free/low protein bread	14,695
Gluten free/low protein pasta	11,509
Low protein biscuits	11,111
Low protein pasta	10,614

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Oral nutrition includes food for special diets and enteral nutrition, for patients with chronic illnesses or conditions who cannot feed normally. Since these products are not medicines they can be supplied to patients via other route, so use shown here is an underestimate.
The statistic shows the number of prescription items dispensed. 'Items' is the number of times a product appears on a prescription form. Prescription forms include both paper prescriptions and electronic messages.

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