NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
QKS · 50 dispensing practices
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
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026
Most-prescribed medicines in Kent and Medway, April 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| 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 |
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
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