NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
QGH · 32 dispensing practices
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
Most-prescribed medicines in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, March 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| 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).
- The Glebeland Surgery
- The Mortimer Medical Prac
- The Ridgeway Surgery
- The Surgery Kingstone
- Upton Surgery
- Weobley & Staunton On Wye Surgeries
- Wolverley Surgery
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