NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board

QGH · 32 dispensing practices

Data updated March 2026

Herefordshire and Worcestershire was ranked 34th of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 1,434,765 items dispensed, up 6.6% on a year earlier.

1,434,765items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£24,988,118

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Herefordshire and Worcestershire: national prescribing items by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, March 2026
Medicine	Items	Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin	81,777	£79,347
Omeprazole	44,689	£106,957
Amlodipine	42,829	£39,742
Ramipril	42,784	£54,662
Levothyroxine sodium	39,974	£60,006
Bisoprolol fumarate	33,217	£44,205
Lansoprazole	31,495	£39,079
Sertraline hydrochloride	28,166	£40,795
Colecalciferol	27,299	£129,769
Metformin hydrochloride	24,147	£61,393
Aspirin	19,959	£68,259
Amitriptyline hydrochloride	19,940	£24,032
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol)	17,405	£113,439
Paracetamol	16,757	£78,813
Salbutamol	15,361	£50,016

Compare Herefordshire and Worcestershire with

Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Herefordshire and Worcestershire (32 total).

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