NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board

QJ2 · 18 dispensing practices

Data updated March 2026

Derby and Derbyshire was ranked 30th of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 1,928,735 items dispensed, up 6.9% on a year earlier.

1,928,735items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£15,746,852

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Derby and Derbyshire: national prescribing items by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Derby and Derbyshire, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Derby and Derbyshire, March 2026
Medicine	Items	Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin	110,329	£110,187
Lansoprazole	68,600	£82,705
Ramipril	63,170	£79,291
Amlodipine	61,469	£56,644
Omeprazole	46,978	£137,669
Levothyroxine sodium	46,352	£56,285
Sertraline hydrochloride	42,697	£69,220
Bisoprolol fumarate	42,061	£58,142
Paracetamol	38,048	£166,326
Metformin hydrochloride	35,768	£94,101
Colecalciferol	33,112	£158,006
Amitriptyline hydrochloride	28,949	£37,018
Aspirin	26,733	£91,081
Salbutamol	26,552	£74,020
Mirtazapine	20,819	£22,475

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Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Derby and Derbyshire (18 total).