NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

QM7 · 21 dispensing practices

Data updated March 2026

Hertfordshire and West Essex was ranked 13th of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,564,278 items dispensed, up 5.4% on a year earlier.

2,564,278items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£22,408,825

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Hertfordshire and West Essex: national prescribing items by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Hertfordshire and West Essex, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Hertfordshire and West Essex, March 2026
Medicine	Items	Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin	161,035	£145,637
Amlodipine	91,264	£83,411
Levothyroxine sodium	77,488	£90,016
Ramipril	75,559	£88,976
Omeprazole	73,739	£178,327
Bisoprolol fumarate	69,014	£81,635
Colecalciferol	64,049	£265,370
Lansoprazole	61,361	£65,392
Metformin hydrochloride	52,811	£113,041
Sertraline hydrochloride	47,563	£103,970
Aspirin	41,062	£106,173
Losartan potassium	32,856	£29,490
Citalopram hydrobromide	29,869	£23,852
Amitriptyline hydrochloride	29,268	£30,147
Apixaban	27,294	£55,477

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Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Hertfordshire and West Essex (21 total).