NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board
Black Country was ranked 19th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in May 2026, with 2,254,895 items dispensed, down 4.3% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
Net ingredient cost, May 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Black Country: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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Most-prescribed medicines in Black Country, May 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 130,208 | £142,464 |
| Lansoprazole | 75,039 | £101,917 |
| Amlodipine | 62,496 | £66,294 |
| Ramipril | 61,126 | £138,979 |
| Colecalciferol | 54,319 | £294,658 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 53,306 | £143,388 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 50,977 | £145,193 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 48,660 | £71,713 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 44,964 | £114,971 |
| Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) | 41,946 | £260,862 |
| Omeprazole | 38,525 | £218,964 |
| Aspirin | 36,303 | £114,991 |
| Paracetamol | 29,341 | £135,265 |
| Salbutamol | 29,158 | £109,431 |
| Amitriptyline hydrochloride | 27,401 | £29,051 |
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Dispensing practices
GP practices that dispense in Black Country (1 total).
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Black Country's monthly series is in this page's CSV. Every ICB's items, cost and share of national prescribing, with the method and caveats documented, is in the ICB prescribing summary dataset — one of ten in our open data catalogue.