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NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

QM7 · 21 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

Hertfordshire and West Essex was an integrated care board in England 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

0 1.4m 2.8m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Mar 2026 avg ICB 2,564,278 May 2022: 2.3m Jun 2022: 2.3m Jul 2022: 2.3m Aug 2022: 2.3m Sep 2022: 2.3m Oct 2022: 2.4m Nov 2022: 2.4m Dec 2022: 2.4m Jan 2023: 2.3m Feb 2023: 2.2m Mar 2023: 2.4m Apr 2023: 2.2m May 2023: 2.3m Jun 2023: 2.4m Jul 2023: 2.3m Aug 2023: 2.4m Sep 2023: 2.4m Oct 2023: 2.5m Nov 2023: 2.4m Dec 2023: 2.4m Jan 2024: 2.5m Feb 2024: 2.3m Mar 2024: 2.4m Apr 2024: 2.4m May 2024: 2.5m Jun 2024: 2.4m Jul 2024: 2.5m Aug 2024: 2.4m Sep 2024: 2.4m Oct 2024: 2.7m Nov 2024: 2.5m Dec 2024: 2.5m Jan 2025: 2.6m Feb 2025: 2.3m Mar 2025: 2.4m Apr 2025: 2.4m May 2025: 2.5m Jun 2025: 2.5m Jul 2025: 2.6m Aug 2025: 2.4m Sep 2025: 2.5m Oct 2025: 2.8m Nov 2025: 2.5m Dec 2025: 2.7m Jan 2026: 2.6m Feb 2026: 2.4m Mar 2026: 2.6m

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

Dispensing practices

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