NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Cheshire and Merseyside was the 5th largest of England's 36 integrated care boards by prescribing volume in May 2026, with 5,297,207 items dispensed, down 3.3% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
Net ingredient cost, May 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Cheshire and Merseyside: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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Most-prescribed medicines in Cheshire and Merseyside, May 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 292,884 | £264,721 |
| Amlodipine | 150,699 | £126,376 |
| Omeprazole | 149,194 | £436,394 |
| Lansoprazole | 147,846 | £189,731 |
| Ramipril | 142,897 | £302,689 |
| Colecalciferol | 134,958 | £550,677 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 125,343 | £350,122 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 122,974 | £140,807 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 120,501 | £223,483 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 90,745 | £197,706 |
| Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) | 83,951 | £459,283 |
| Salbutamol | 75,366 | £275,510 |
| Aspirin | 72,822 | £213,399 |
| Mirtazapine | 71,594 | £78,244 |
| Paracetamol | 65,403 | £274,547 |
Compare Cheshire and Merseyside with
Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.
Dispensing practices
GP practices that dispense in Cheshire and Merseyside (14 total).
- Bunbury Medical Practice
- Chelford Surgery
- Cheshire & Mersey Cvd Prevention Team
- Greenmoss Medical Centre
- Kelsall Medical Centre
- Knutsford Medical Partnership
- Laurel Bank Surgery
- Penketh Health Centre
- Princeway Surgeries
- Stretton Medical Centre
- Tarporley Health Centre
- The Health Centre (Holmes Chapel)
- The Surgery
- The Village Surgeries Group
Download this data
Cheshire and Merseyside'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.