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NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

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Data updated March 2026

Gloucestershire was ranked 38th of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 1,223,042 items dispensed, up 6.3% on a year earlier.

1,223,042items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£11,165,061

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Gloucestershire: national prescribing items by month

avg ICB 1,223,042

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Gloucestershire, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Gloucestershire, March 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 76,294 £59,968
Omeprazole 42,378 £86,925
Amlodipine 39,666 £30,875
Levothyroxine sodium 37,308 £37,757
Bisoprolol fumarate 34,598 £36,314
Ramipril 32,048 £35,141
Lansoprazole 26,051 £24,732
Colecalciferol 24,224 £58,899
Sertraline hydrochloride 23,362 £44,132
Metformin hydrochloride 22,469 £42,497
Aspirin 19,780 £52,849
Losartan potassium 18,111 £15,270
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 17,037 £17,914
Mirtazapine 15,222 £14,001
Furosemide 13,633 £8,355

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Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Gloucestershire (29 total).

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