Insupen Original

NHS England recommends prescribing pen needles under £5 per box1. In a recent analysis, we found that less than 5% of CCGs have a mean average price of less than £52.

Insupen Original is priced at £2.49 (Pack of 100), complies with ISO 11608 and additional self-imposed quality tests, to ensure quality without compromise3,4.

From June 2022, we are introducing a 4mm x 33G needle to the range making Insupen Original the finest and most cost-effective pen needle range on the market. The 4mm x 33g offers patients the option of a pen needle designed to minimise discomfort at a ground-breaking sustainable price to the NHS of £2.49.

Make prescribing savings quickly

Spirit offers a FREE implementation service to drive down the cost of prescribing, without impacting your valuable time and resources.

Cost savings

The average CCG can save 43% on their annual pen needle spend by adopting Insupen Original2.

 

 

 

 

Support 

Making use of our Active Implementation service has been proven to deliver 700% greater savings than when leaving prescription changes to be managed at practice level without support5. We are experts at mobilisation and do the work for you. Other patient reviews can be conducted at the same time.

 

Learn more about Active Implementation

 

Product details

Insupen Original is available in 5 lengths and 5 gauges to match patient need. They are precision engineered to reduce friction points and have a wide internal diameter for efficient insulin administration.

Supporting materials

Download our Insupen Original information leaflet.

 


References:
1. Items which should not routinely be prescribed in primary care: Guidance for CCGs version 2, June 2019 NHS England Publishing Approval Reference 000608

2. Insulin Pen Needle Cost Savings Analysis. Data on file, Spirit Healthcare, Dec 2021
3. Data on file, Spirit Healthcare. Pikdare quality standards and testing data, supplied April 2020
4. Comparison of usability and Patient Preference for insulin Pen Needles produced with different production Techniques:”Thin-Wall” Needles compared to “Regular-Wall” Needles: An Open-Label Study, Thorsten Siegmund, M.D., Hannes Blankenfeld, M.D., and Petra-Maria Schumm-Draeger,M.D.,
Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. August 2009,11 (8):523-528. doi: 10.1089/dia. 2009. 0048. Published in Volume: 11 Issue 8: August 21, 2009

5. Jim Swift et al, “Implementing formulary change in diabetes”, British Journal of Healthcare Management, Vol. 23, No. 4

 

 

 

How much could you save?

Try our cost calculator below. Based on the products we have available in our portfolio it will demonstrate how much money we can potentially save your ICB/ICS, Health Board or Local Commissioning Group.

This is an overview of the savings across the diabetes range, which are ready to go and easy to implement products. We can also look at savings for individual products within the prescribing data.

As well as highlighting the therapy areas where spend can be significantly reduced, we have also included Quick Wins savings, which are ready to go, easy to implement, minimal resource dependent products.

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Aneurin Bevan HB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 70,940
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 343,597
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 9,610
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 424,147

Ayrshire and Arran

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 42,597
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 169,369
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 7,975
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 219,941

Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 66,325
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 263,887
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 11,186
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 341,398

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 85,833
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 591,398
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 15,964
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 693,195

Belfast Area

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 81,735
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 232,621
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 8,787
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 323,143

Betsi Cadwaladr University HB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 82,184
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 402,176
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 8,780
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 493,140

Birmingham and Solihull ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 128,962
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 464,054
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 25,305
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 618,321

Black Country ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 143,173
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 630,419
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 31,596
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 805,188

Borders

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 5,386
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 23,398
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 934
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 29,718

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 40,964
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 353,273
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 8,362
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 402,599

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 133,909
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 567,593
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 25,035
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 726,537

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 93,292
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 487,077
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 17,240
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 597,609

Cardiff and Vale University HB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 66,126
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 284,331
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 5,774
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 356,231

Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 225,007
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 1,138,814
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 33,901
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 1,397,722

Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 75,141
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 264,270
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 9,907
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 349,318

Coventry and Warwickshire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 116,652
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 354,567
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 14,343
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 485,562

Cwm Taf Morgannwg HB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 96,250
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 326,195
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 6,781
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 429,226

Derby and Derbyshire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 99,576
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 382,841
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 16,536
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 498,953

Devon ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 57,907
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 424,018
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 16,176
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 498,101

Dorset ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 66,199
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 267,354
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 13,069
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 346,622

Dumfries and Galloway

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 18,743
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 23,395
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 819
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 42,957

Fife

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 34,402
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 120,260
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 3,460
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 158,122

Forth Valley

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 38,480
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 92,809
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 3,825
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 135,114

Frimley ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 96,780
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 433,331
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 8,364
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 538,475

Gloucestershire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 25,646
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 264,836
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 14,310
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 304,792

Grampian

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 94,547
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 402,827
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 12,142
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 509,516

Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 104,363
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 486,855
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 20,259
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 611,477

Greater Manchester ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 259,698
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 1,100,523
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 43,149
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 1,403,370

Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 104,763
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 534,028
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 23,362
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 662,153

Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 79,139
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 343,277
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 13,608
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 436,024

Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 272,587
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 1,099,308
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 38,774
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 1,410,669

Highland

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 33,955
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 120,785
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 5,273
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 160,013

Humber and North Yorkshire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 160,923
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 654,488
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 27,761
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 843,172

Hywel Dda HB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 71,471
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 364,128
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 7,934
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 443,533

Kent and Medway ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 150,052
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 729,995
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 37,290
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 917,337

Lanarkshire

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 71,543
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 350,375
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 8,783
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 430,701

Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 167,370
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 766,713
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 25,605
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 959,688

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 162,028
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 1,028,122
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 11,411
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 1,201,561

Lincolnshire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 98,288
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 631,267
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 15,232
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 744,787

Lothian

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 47,446
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 166,181
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 4,434
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 218,061

Mid and South Essex ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 94,538
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 398,941
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 13,415
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 506,894

Norfolk and Waveney ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 42,490
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 180,248
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 4,624
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 227,362

North Central London ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 171,754
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 699,197
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 25,348
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 896,299

North East and North Cumbria ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 281,355
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 1,297,144
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 62,245
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 1,640,744

North East London ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 182,180
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 837,743
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 25,275
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 1,045,198

North West London ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 119,338
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 606,145
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 29,397
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 754,880

Northamptonshire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 115,131
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 816,148
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 10,640
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 941,919

Northern Area

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 52,079
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 201,174
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 7,794
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 261,047

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 82,700
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 463,825
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 24,180
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 570,705

Orkney

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 3,171
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 12,635
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 584
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 16,390

Powys Teaching HB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 18,680
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 52,263
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 2,551
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 73,494

Shetland

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 14,547
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 73,732
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 974
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 89,253

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 38,113
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 260,579
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 9,607
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 308,299

Somerset ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 30,522
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 239,920
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 6,281
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 276,723

South East London ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 165,174
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 725,577
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 33,402
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 924,153

South Eastern Area

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 44,517
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 197,718
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 5,006
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 247,241

South West London ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 98,127
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 408,762
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 23,024
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 529,913

South Yorkshire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 123,360
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 578,110
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 20,471
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 721,941

Southern Area

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 64,696
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 172,557
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 7,251
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 244,504

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 103,357
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 529,559
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 25,748
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 658,664

Suffolk and North East Essex ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 77,581
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 185,502
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 9,760
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 272,843

Surrey Heartlands ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 59,961
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 284,459
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 10,929
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 355,349

Sussex ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 166,848
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 745,207
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 29,218
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 941,273

Swansea Bay University HB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 74,924
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 256,675
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 4,937
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 336,536

Tayside

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 43,959
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 241,332
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 11,747
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 297,038

West Yorkshire ICB

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 301,257
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 1,187,087
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 62,140
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 1,550,484

Western Area

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 47,749
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 169,295
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 5,147
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 222,191

Western Isles

Pen Needles
SAVE up to1
£ 5,175
Test Strips
SAVE up to1
£ 15,316
Lancets
SAVE up to1
£ 353
Diabetes Total
SAVE up to1
£ 20,844
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Based on ICB prescribing data from Nov 2022 – Oct 2023 with a 70% switch from current prescribing to comparable products from Spirit Healthcare.

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