NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
QVV · 18 dispensing practices
Dorset was ranked 32nd of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 1,335,425 items dispensed, up 3.5% on a year earlier.
1,335,425items
Dispensed in April 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£11,450,640
Net ingredient cost, April 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Dorset: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026
Most-prescribed medicines in Dorset, April 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 77,341 | £75,086 |
| Omeprazole | 43,225 | £110,572 |
| Ramipril | 39,678 | £75,335 |
| Amlodipine | 38,985 | £31,774 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 34,832 | £101,930 |
| Colecalciferol | 33,630 | £173,289 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 32,144 | £43,941 |
| Lansoprazole | 30,505 | £40,992 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 22,846 | £50,877 |
| Aspirin | 22,115 | £70,647 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 21,099 | £47,928 |
| Amitriptyline hydrochloride | 19,068 | £22,287 |
| Candesartan cilexetil | 18,857 | £45,790 |
| Paracetamol | 17,733 | £88,840 |
| Apixaban | 15,298 | £75,172 |
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Dispensing practices
GP practices that dispense in Dorset (18 total).
- Ammonite Health Partnership
- Atrium Health Centre
- Barton House Med Practice
- Bere Regis Surgery
- Cerne Abbas Surgery
- Corfe Castle Surgery
- Milton Abbas Surgery
- Poundbury Doctors Surgery
- Prince Of Wales Surgery
- Puddletown Surgery
- The Apples Medical Centre
- The Blandford Group Practice
- The Cranborne Practice
- The Grove Medical Centre
- The Quarter Jack Surgery
- The Wellbridge Practice
- West Moors Village Surgery
- Yetminster Health Centre