NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
QVV · 18 dispensing practices
Dorset was ranked 36th of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 1,362,724 items dispensed, up 4.2% on a year earlier.
1,362,724items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£11,653,975
Net ingredient cost, March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Dorset: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
Most-prescribed medicines in Dorset, March 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 79,775 | £73,952 |
| Omeprazole | 45,652 | £116,047 |
| Ramipril | 41,119 | £48,628 |
| Amlodipine | 40,262 | £33,974 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 36,139 | £44,539 |
| Colecalciferol | 35,277 | £184,005 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 33,746 | £47,746 |
| Lansoprazole | 31,719 | £38,593 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 23,580 | £46,858 |
| Aspirin | 23,225 | £74,291 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 21,610 | £50,410 |
| Amitriptyline hydrochloride | 20,063 | £24,549 |
| Candesartan cilexetil | 19,394 | £34,499 |
| Paracetamol | 18,677 | £95,644 |
| Apixaban | 15,580 | £37,734 |
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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