NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
Kent and Medway was ranked 16th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in May 2026, with 2,888,148 items dispensed, down 3.2% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
Net ingredient cost, May 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Kent and Medway: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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Most-prescribed medicines in Kent and Medway, May 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 169,244 | £159,358 |
| Amlodipine | 92,634 | £80,180 |
| Omeprazole | 89,805 | £302,398 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 83,074 | £96,260 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 69,794 | £214,603 |
| Lansoprazole | 68,017 | £89,643 |
| Ramipril | 67,705 | £152,120 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 58,631 | £140,217 |
| Colecalciferol | 57,658 | £287,677 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 55,464 | £111,450 |
| Aspirin | 43,606 | £133,347 |
| Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) | 41,487 | £234,537 |
| Losartan potassium | 36,821 | £35,545 |
| Salbutamol | 34,768 | £96,294 |
| Amitriptyline hydrochloride | 34,410 | £39,706 |
Compare Kent and Medway with
Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.
Dispensing practices
GP practices that dispense in Kent and Medway (50 total).
- Minster Surgery
- New Lyminge Surgery
- Northgate Medical Practice
- Old School Surgery
- Old School Surgery
- Orchard End
- Phoenix Medical Practice
- River Darent Medical Group
- Riverside Medical Practice
- Sellindge Surgery
- Speldhurst & Greggswood Medical Group
- St Georges Medical Centre
- Sturry Surgery
- Sutton Valence Group Practice
- Swanscombe Health Centre
- The Elms Medical Centre
- The Heron Medical Practice
- Warders Medical Centre
- Wateringbury
- Weald View Medical Practice - Hawkhurst
- Westerham Practice
- White Cliffs Medical Centre
- Woodchurch Surgery
- Wye Surgery
- Yalding
Download this data
Kent and Medway's monthly series is in this page's CSV. Every ICB's items, cost and share of national prescribing, with the method and caveats documented, is in the ICB prescribing summary dataset — one of ten in our open data catalogue.