NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

QYG · 14 dispensing practices

Data updated March 2026

Cheshire and Merseyside was the 4th largest of England's 42 integrated care boards by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 5,571,349 items dispensed, up 5.0% on a year earlier.

5,571,349items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£51,611,267

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Cheshire and Merseyside: national prescribing items by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Cheshire and Merseyside, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Cheshire and Merseyside, March 2026
Medicine	Items	Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin	306,292	£270,543
Omeprazole	158,245	£442,070
Amlodipine	155,646	£134,181
Lansoprazole	155,167	£179,700
Ramipril	150,856	£173,135
Colecalciferol	140,956	£572,495
Bisoprolol fumarate	130,497	£160,515
Levothyroxine sodium	128,805	£145,650
Sertraline hydrochloride	127,051	£205,616
Metformin hydrochloride	95,240	£212,860
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol)	88,185	£468,506
Salbutamol	82,523	£307,152
Aspirin	76,393	£223,821
Mirtazapine	75,841	£75,685
Paracetamol	68,830	£291,844

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).