January 2021 in numbers
NHS community prescribing in England (Prescription Cost Analysis).
91,324,298items
Dispensed in January 2021
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£796,047,644
Net ingredient cost, January 2021
NHSBSA PCA
Most-dispensed medicines
Download full month (CSV)| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 4,174,018 | £7,260,633 |
| Omeprazole | 2,888,531 | £7,718,655 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 2,728,719 | £5,986,650 |
| Amlodipine | 2,642,100 | £3,497,650 |
| Lansoprazole | 2,503,504 | £4,254,859 |
| Ramipril | 2,452,386 | £3,739,400 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 2,126,957 | £2,439,835 |
| Colecalciferol | 2,050,357 | £7,771,094 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 1,891,128 | £9,675,033 |
| Aspirin | 1,735,984 | £2,042,153 |
| Salbutamol | 1,728,377 | £4,465,813 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 1,620,265 | £12,639,289 |
Download this data
Every medicine dispensed in January 2021 is in this month's CSV. For the full monthly history — the national headline series, and the top 500 medicines ranked in every month — see the headline series and most-prescribed medicines datasets in our open data catalogue.