NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board

QUE · 41 dispensing practices

Data updated March 2026

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough was ranked 28th of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume 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

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

Compare Cambridgeshire and Peterborough with

Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.

Dispensing practices

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

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