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NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board

QRL · 23 dispensing practices
Data updated April 2026

Hampshire and Isle of Wight was ranked 14th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 3,155,746 items dispensed, up 14.4% on a year earlier.

3,155,746items

Dispensed in April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£30,973,921

Net ingredient cost, April 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Hampshire and Isle of Wight: national prescribing items by month

0 1.7m 3.3m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 avg ICB 3,155,746 May 2022: 2.6m Jun 2022: 2.6m Jul 2022: 2.6m Aug 2022: 2.6m Sep 2022: 2.7m Oct 2022: 2.8m Nov 2022: 2.8m Dec 2022: 2.8m Jan 2023: 2.7m Feb 2023: 2.5m Mar 2023: 2.8m Apr 2023: 2.5m May 2023: 2.7m Jun 2023: 2.8m Jul 2023: 2.7m Aug 2023: 2.7m Sep 2023: 2.8m Oct 2023: 2.9m Nov 2023: 2.8m Dec 2023: 2.8m Jan 2024: 2.8m Feb 2024: 2.7m Mar 2024: 2.7m Apr 2024: 2.8m May 2024: 2.9m Jun 2024: 2.7m Jul 2024: 2.9m Aug 2024: 2.8m Sep 2024: 2.7m Oct 2024: 3.1m Nov 2024: 2.9m Dec 2024: 2.9m Jan 2025: 2.9m Feb 2025: 2.6m Mar 2025: 2.8m Apr 2025: 2.8m May 2025: 2.9m Jun 2025: 2.8m Jul 2025: 3m Aug 2025: 2.7m Sep 2025: 2.9m Oct 2025: 3.3m Nov 2025: 2.8m Dec 2025: 3.1m Jan 2026: 2.9m Feb 2026: 2.7m Mar 2026: 2.9m Apr 2026: 3.2m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Hampshire and Isle of Wight, April 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Hampshire and Isle of Wight, April 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 168,109 £216,613
Omeprazole 111,377 £309,815
Ramipril 100,360 £190,765
Amlodipine 90,331 £92,459
Colecalciferol 88,476 £459,488
Levothyroxine sodium 76,744 £108,048
Bisoprolol fumarate 75,392 £179,824
Sertraline hydrochloride 69,156 £140,162
Lansoprazole 62,046 £88,556
Metformin hydrochloride 57,211 £145,023
Aspirin 45,660 £157,860
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 43,617 £55,735
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) 40,316 £219,958
Paracetamol 37,574 £184,216
Candesartan cilexetil 37,050 £96,020

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Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Hampshire and Isle of Wight (23 total).