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NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

QHG · 20 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes was an integrated care board in England in March 2026, with 1,481,322 items dispensed, up 8.4% on a year earlier.

1,481,322items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£13,022,560

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes: national prescribing items by month

0 1.4m 2.8m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Mar 2026 avg ICB 1,481,322 May 2022: 1.3m Jun 2022: 1.3m Jul 2022: 1.3m Aug 2022: 1.3m Sep 2022: 1.3m Oct 2022: 1.4m Nov 2022: 1.4m Dec 2022: 1.4m Jan 2023: 1.4m Feb 2023: 1.2m Mar 2023: 1.4m Apr 2023: 1.3m May 2023: 1.4m Jun 2023: 1.4m Jul 2023: 1.3m Aug 2023: 1.4m Sep 2023: 1.4m Oct 2023: 1.4m Nov 2023: 1.4m Dec 2023: 1.4m Jan 2024: 1.4m Feb 2024: 1.3m Mar 2024: 1.3m Apr 2024: 1.4m May 2024: 1.4m Jun 2024: 1.4m Jul 2024: 1.5m Aug 2024: 1.4m Sep 2024: 1.4m Oct 2024: 1.5m Nov 2024: 1.4m Dec 2024: 1.4m Jan 2025: 1.5m Feb 2025: 1.3m Mar 2025: 1.4m Apr 2025: 1.4m May 2025: 1.5m Jun 2025: 1.4m Jul 2025: 1.5m Aug 2025: 1.4m Sep 2025: 1.4m Oct 2025: 1.6m Nov 2025: 1.4m Dec 2025: 1.5m Jan 2026: 1.5m Feb 2026: 1.4m Mar 2026: 1.5m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, March 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 87,707 £99,457
Amlodipine 45,288 £47,565
Omeprazole 40,316 £110,518
Levothyroxine sodium 39,816 £56,434
Ramipril 37,970 £51,689
Lansoprazole 37,487 £46,226
Bisoprolol fumarate 35,741 £54,468
Metformin hydrochloride 34,618 £91,172
Sertraline hydrochloride 28,393 £50,715
Colecalciferol 28,130 £138,732
Losartan potassium 26,240 £26,892
Aspirin 22,703 £73,773
Dapagliflozin 21,441 £178,921
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) 19,924 £105,419
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 18,908 £21,272

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (20 total).