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NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

QE1 · 20 dispensing practices
Data updated April 2026

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

0 2.1m 4.1m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 avg ICB 3,717,217 May 2022: 3.4m Jun 2022: 3.3m Jul 2022: 3.4m Aug 2022: 3.4m Sep 2022: 3.4m Oct 2022: 3.4m Nov 2022: 3.5m Dec 2022: 3.6m Jan 2023: 3.5m Feb 2023: 3.2m Mar 2023: 3.7m Apr 2023: 3.3m May 2023: 3.5m Jun 2023: 3.6m Jul 2023: 3.4m Aug 2023: 3.5m Sep 2023: 3.5m Oct 2023: 3.6m Nov 2023: 3.6m Dec 2023: 3.6m Jan 2024: 3.7m Feb 2024: 3.5m Mar 2024: 3.5m Apr 2024: 3.6m May 2024: 3.7m Jun 2024: 3.4m Jul 2024: 3.7m Aug 2024: 3.6m Sep 2024: 3.5m Oct 2024: 4m Nov 2024: 3.6m Dec 2024: 3.8m Jan 2025: 3.8m Feb 2025: 3.4m Mar 2025: 3.6m Apr 2025: 3.7m May 2025: 3.8m Jun 2025: 3.6m Jul 2025: 3.9m Aug 2025: 3.5m Sep 2025: 3.8m Oct 2025: 4.1m Nov 2025: 3.6m Dec 2025: 4m Jan 2026: 3.7m Feb 2026: 3.4m Mar 2026: 3.8m Apr 2026: 3.7m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Lancashire and South Cumbria, April 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Lancashire and South Cumbria, April 2026
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).