NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
QE1 · 20 dispensing practices
Lancashire and South Cumbria was the 8th largest of England's 36 integrated care boards by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 3,717,217 items dispensed, up 1.7% on a year earlier.
3,717,217items
Dispensed in April 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£30,687,937
Net ingredient cost, April 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Lancashire and South Cumbria: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026
Most-prescribed medicines in Lancashire and South Cumbria, April 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 217,061 | £175,404 |
| Ramipril | 120,286 | £217,698 |
| Amlodipine | 117,402 | £87,060 |
| Omeprazole | 113,000 | £265,947 |
| Lansoprazole | 103,979 | £128,492 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 96,161 | £242,998 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 93,458 | £97,678 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 75,171 | £128,933 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 72,927 | £151,844 |
| Colecalciferol | 63,879 | £278,619 |
| Aspirin | 60,914 | £161,109 |
| Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) | 50,130 | £299,586 |
| Amitriptyline hydrochloride | 49,896 | £52,241 |
| Mirtazapine | 44,106 | £45,434 |
| Paracetamol | 43,549 | £174,868 |
Compare Lancashire and South Cumbria with
Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.
Dispensing practices
GP practices that dispense in Lancashire and South Cumbria (20 total).
- Ash Trees Surgery
- Bentham Medical Practice
- Cartmel Surgery
- Duddon Valley Medical Practice
- Garstang Medical Practice
- Harambee Surgery
- Haverthwaite Surgery
- Lancaster Medical Practice
- Lunesdale Surgery
- Pendleside Medical Pract
- Riverside Medical Centre
- Sedbergh Medical Practice
- Slaidburn Health Centre
- St.mary's Surgery
- Station House Surgery
- The Castle Medical Group
- The James Cochrane Pract.
- The Over-Wyre Med.ctr.
- Whalley Medical Centre
- Wraysdale House Surgery