{
  "query": {
    "country": "GB",
    "medicine": "omeprazole",
    "matched_name": "omeprazole"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "GBP",
    "unit": "per capsule",
    "value": 0.03307,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": 2961771,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-07-01",
    "to": "2026-07-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "reimbursement_price",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "July 2026 (PCA monthly data, England)",
    "note": "Net Ingredient Cost per unit: the Drug Tariff basic price, before dispenser discounts, fees, VAT and patient charges. England, community dispensing; NHSBSA management information, not an official statistic."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-14T17:17:08.063Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "gb-nhs-pca",
    "name": "Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data",
    "publisher": "NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA)",
    "licence": "Open Government Licence 3.0 (United Kingdom); NHSBSA's dataset page adds: \"You may use the data freely, provided that you attribute the source.\"",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Source: NHS Business Services Authority, \"Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data\", NHSBSA Open Data Portal, https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/prescription-cost-analysis-pca-monthly-data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Totals are passed on as published; the average cost per unit (NIC divided by quantity) is calculated by ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/prescription-cost-analysis-pca-monthly-data"
  },
  "method": "From NHSBSA's Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) monthly table for the newest month published: for every presentation whose name starts with the medicine name (narrowed by any strength, form or extra word you gave), we add up Net Ingredient Cost (the Drug Tariff basic price of the quantity dispensed) and the quantity, over the unit of measure with the most prescription items, and divide: the average the NHS in England paid for the drug per tablet, capsule or ml. Aggregated by NHSBSA across all dispensers and suppliers; before dispenser discounts, fees and patient charges.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The NHS in England paid on average about £0.03307 per capsule in ingredient cost (the Drug Tariff basic price, before discounts and fees) for Omeprazole (3 presentations, all strengths and forms, measured per capsule), dispensed in the community in July 2026; roughly £0.93 for a 28-capsule supply. Based on 2,961,771 prescription items. This is what the NHS reimburses for the drug, not a shop price or what a patient pays. Official average published by NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) for July 2026 (PCA monthly data, England).",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "price_type_explained": "reimbursement_price: the basic price the NHS applies when it reimburses pharmacies (the Drug Tariff price for generics, the list price for branded products). Not a retail price.",
    "month": "202607",
    "unit_of_measure": "capsule",
    "prescription_items": 2961771,
    "total_quantity": 109376413,
    "total_net_ingredient_cost_gbp": 3617576.54,
    "average_cost_per_item_gbp": 1.22,
    "average_quantity_per_item": 36.9,
    "typical_pack": {
      "note": "Unit cost multiplied by the number of units; arithmetic for scale only, not a published pack price. NHS supplies are commonly 28 days.",
      "cost_for_28_units": "£0.93",
      "cost_for_28_units_gbp": 0.92609,
      "cost_for_56_units": "£1.85",
      "cost_for_56_units_gbp": 1.85218,
      "unit": "capsule"
    },
    "presentations": [
      {
        "presentation": "Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules",
        "prescription_items": 2682795,
        "cost_per_unit_gbp": 0.03098,
        "cost_per_item_gbp": 1.15,
        "average_quantity_per_item": 37.1
      },
      {
        "presentation": "Omeprazole 10mg gastro-resistant capsules",
        "prescription_items": 160981,
        "cost_per_unit_gbp": 0.02932,
        "cost_per_item_gbp": 1.08,
        "average_quantity_per_item": 36.7
      },
      {
        "presentation": "Omeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant capsules",
        "prescription_items": 117995,
        "cost_per_unit_gbp": 0.09305,
        "cost_per_item_gbp": 3.04,
        "average_quantity_per_item": 32.7
      }
    ],
    "other_units_of_measure": [
      "tablet",
      "ml",
      "unit dose",
      "vial"
    ],
    "note_other_units": "Presentations measured in another unit (e.g. ml for liquids) are not mixed into the headline."
  }
}