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NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

QE1 · 20 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

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

avg ICB 3,811,729

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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

By items dispensed in this ICB.

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