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Greater Manchester vs North East and North Cumbria

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

North East and North Cumbria dispensed 1.3× as many prescription items as Greater Manchester in April 2026 — 7,631,420 versus 5,946,242.

5,946,242items

Greater Manchester · April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

7,631,420items

North East and North Cumbria · April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Greater Manchester versus North East and North Cumbria: prescribing items by month

▬ Greater Manchester   ·   ╌ North East and North Cumbria

0 4.2m 8.4m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 North East and N… 5,946,242 May 2022: 5.5m Jun 2022: 5.5m Jul 2022: 5.3m Aug 2022: 5.5m Sep 2022: 5.5m Oct 2022: 5.5m Nov 2022: 5.6m Dec 2022: 5.7m Jan 2023: 5.7m Feb 2023: 5.2m Mar 2023: 5.9m Apr 2023: 5.2m May 2023: 5.6m Jun 2023: 5.7m Jul 2023: 5.5m Aug 2023: 5.7m Sep 2023: 5.6m Oct 2023: 5.8m Nov 2023: 5.8m Dec 2023: 5.7m Jan 2024: 5.9m Feb 2024: 5.5m Mar 2024: 5.6m Apr 2024: 5.8m May 2024: 5.9m Jun 2024: 5.5m Jul 2024: 6m Aug 2024: 5.8m Sep 2024: 5.6m Oct 2024: 6.3m Nov 2024: 5.8m Dec 2024: 6m Jan 2025: 6.1m Feb 2025: 5.4m Mar 2025: 5.8m Apr 2025: 5.8m May 2025: 6m Jun 2025: 5.8m Jul 2025: 6.2m Aug 2025: 5.6m Sep 2025: 6m Oct 2025: 6.5m Nov 2025: 5.7m Dec 2025: 6.3m Jan 2026: 6m Feb 2026: 5.6m Mar 2026: 6.1m Apr 2026: 5.9m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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