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NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board

QUE · 41 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough was an integrated care board in England in March 2026, with 1,975,570 items dispensed, up 5.5% on a year earlier.

1,975,570items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£33,041,949

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough: 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 1,975,570 May 2022: 1.7m Jun 2022: 1.7m Jul 2022: 1.7m Aug 2022: 1.7m Sep 2022: 1.7m Oct 2022: 1.8m Nov 2022: 1.8m Dec 2022: 1.8m Jan 2023: 1.8m Feb 2023: 1.6m Mar 2023: 1.9m Apr 2023: 1.7m May 2023: 1.8m Jun 2023: 1.8m Jul 2023: 1.8m Aug 2023: 1.8m Sep 2023: 1.8m Oct 2023: 1.8m Nov 2023: 1.8m Dec 2023: 1.9m Jan 2024: 1.9m Feb 2024: 1.8m Mar 2024: 1.8m Apr 2024: 1.9m May 2024: 1.9m Jun 2024: 1.8m Jul 2024: 1.9m Aug 2024: 1.9m Sep 2024: 1.8m Oct 2024: 2m Nov 2024: 1.9m Dec 2024: 1.9m Jan 2025: 2m Feb 2025: 1.8m Mar 2025: 1.9m Apr 2025: 1.9m May 2025: 2m Jun 2025: 1.9m Jul 2025: 2m Aug 2025: 1.9m Sep 2025: 1.9m Oct 2025: 2.2m Nov 2025: 1.9m Dec 2025: 2m Jan 2026: 2m Feb 2026: 1.8m Mar 2026: 2m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, March 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 115,810 £94,221
Amlodipine 61,266 £47,942
Omeprazole 58,447 £100,826
Levothyroxine sodium 57,989 £60,303
Bisoprolol fumarate 46,444 £49,594
Lansoprazole 43,586 £42,657
Ramipril 42,557 £41,687
Colecalciferol 40,496 £165,164
Metformin hydrochloride 38,913 £82,042
Sertraline hydrochloride 38,132 £65,372
Adhesive Removers (Sprays/Liquids/Wipes) 33,722 £737,432
Aspirin 32,403 £81,758
Catheters 30,151 £5,495,857
Lisinopril 27,701 £23,573
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 27,286 £27,679

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (41 total).

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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough'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.