NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
QE1 · 20 dispensing practices
Lancashire and South Cumbria was the 5th largest of England's 42 integrated care boards by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 3,811,729 items dispensed, up 6.0% on a year earlier.
3,811,729items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£31,633,579
Net ingredient cost, March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Lancashire and South Cumbria: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
Most-prescribed medicines in Lancashire and South Cumbria, March 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 227,269 | £179,553 |
| Ramipril | 126,762 | £128,236 |
| Amlodipine | 123,189 | £95,310 |
| Omeprazole | 119,919 | £269,723 |
| Lansoprazole | 108,393 | £120,930 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 100,956 | £114,812 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 98,324 | £101,598 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 78,685 | £116,068 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 76,470 | £161,720 |
| Colecalciferol | 67,046 | £300,227 |
| Aspirin | 63,886 | £168,909 |
| Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) | 52,885 | £306,045 |
| Amitriptyline hydrochloride | 52,494 | £55,767 |
| Mirtazapine | 46,961 | £46,787 |
| Paracetamol | 45,902 | £185,453 |
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