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Black Country vs Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent

Two integrated care boards compared (NHS Prescription Cost Analysis)
Data updated April 2026

Black Country and Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent dispensed at a similar rate in April 2026 (2,336,599 versus 2,416,931 items).

2,336,599items

Black Country · April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

2,416,931items

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent · April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Black Country versus Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent: prescribing items by month

▬ Black Country   ·   ╌ Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent

0 1.3m 2.7m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 Staffordshire an… 2,336,599 May 2022: 2.2m Jun 2022: 2.1m Jul 2022: 2.1m Aug 2022: 2.1m Sep 2022: 2.1m Oct 2022: 2.1m Nov 2022: 2.2m Dec 2022: 2.2m Jan 2023: 2.2m Feb 2023: 2m Mar 2023: 2.3m Apr 2023: 2m May 2023: 2.2m Jun 2023: 2.2m Jul 2023: 2.2m Aug 2023: 2.2m Sep 2023: 2.2m Oct 2023: 2.3m Nov 2023: 2.3m Dec 2023: 2.2m Jan 2024: 2.3m Feb 2024: 2.2m Mar 2024: 2.2m Apr 2024: 2.3m May 2024: 2.3m Jun 2024: 2.2m Jul 2024: 2.4m Aug 2024: 2.2m Sep 2024: 2.2m Oct 2024: 2.4m Nov 2024: 2.3m Dec 2024: 2.3m Jan 2025: 2.4m Feb 2025: 2.1m Mar 2025: 2.2m Apr 2025: 2.3m May 2025: 2.4m Jun 2025: 2.2m Jul 2025: 2.5m Aug 2025: 2.2m Sep 2025: 2.4m Oct 2025: 2.5m Nov 2025: 2.3m Dec 2025: 2.5m Jan 2026: 2.4m Feb 2026: 2.2m Mar 2026: 2.4m Apr 2026: 2.3m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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