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NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board

QKS · 50 dispensing practices
Data updated April 2026

Kent and Medway was ranked 16th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 2,978,000 items dispensed, up 3.7% on a year earlier.

2,978,000items

Dispensed in April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£32,448,680

Net ingredient cost, April 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Kent and Medway: 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 2,978,000 May 2022: 2.9m Jun 2022: 2.8m Jul 2022: 2.8m Aug 2022: 2.9m Sep 2022: 2.8m Oct 2022: 3m Nov 2022: 2.9m Dec 2022: 3m Jan 2023: 2.9m Feb 2023: 2.7m Mar 2023: 3.1m Apr 2023: 2.7m May 2023: 2.9m Jun 2023: 2.9m Jul 2023: 2.8m Aug 2023: 2.9m Sep 2023: 2.9m Oct 2023: 3m Nov 2023: 2.9m Dec 2023: 3m Jan 2024: 3m Feb 2024: 2.8m Mar 2024: 2.9m Apr 2024: 2.9m May 2024: 3m Jun 2024: 2.8m Jul 2024: 3m Aug 2024: 2.9m Sep 2024: 2.8m Oct 2024: 3.2m Nov 2024: 3m Dec 2024: 3m Jan 2025: 3.1m Feb 2025: 2.7m Mar 2025: 2.9m Apr 2025: 2.9m May 2025: 3m Jun 2025: 2.9m Jul 2025: 3.1m Aug 2025: 2.8m Sep 2025: 2.9m Oct 2025: 3.3m Nov 2025: 2.9m Dec 2025: 3.2m Jan 2026: 3m Feb 2026: 2.8m Mar 2026: 3m Apr 2026: 3m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Kent and Medway, April 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Kent and Medway, April 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 173,886 £167,751
Amlodipine 95,615 £82,824
Omeprazole 92,997 £297,112
Levothyroxine sodium 85,691 £98,476
Bisoprolol fumarate 71,789 £168,965
Lansoprazole 70,094 £90,453
Ramipril 68,603 £121,014
Metformin hydrochloride 60,008 £143,285
Colecalciferol 59,459 £297,677
Sertraline hydrochloride 57,160 £95,165
Aspirin 44,667 £136,536
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) 43,032 £242,960
Losartan potassium 37,639 £35,975
Salbutamol 37,039 £100,032
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 35,729 £40,934

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Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Kent and Medway (50 total).

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