NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland was ranked 24th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in May 2026, with 2,150,976 items dispensed, down 2.1% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
Net ingredient cost, May 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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Most-prescribed medicines in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, May 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 149,183 | £136,775 |
| Lansoprazole | 87,546 | £95,328 |
| Amlodipine | 81,650 | £65,431 |
| Ramipril | 69,826 | £124,518 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 59,002 | £69,937 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 53,266 | £132,651 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 52,084 | £114,274 |
| Colecalciferol | 45,186 | £207,804 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 43,325 | £106,607 |
| Losartan potassium | 33,673 | £28,980 |
| Dapagliflozin | 32,207 | £183,215 |
| Aspirin | 30,462 | £88,387 |
| Omeprazole | 27,971 | £113,423 |
| Paracetamol | 26,555 | £107,319 |
| Amitriptyline hydrochloride | 26,404 | £28,564 |
Compare Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland with
Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.
Dispensing practices
GP practices that dispense in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (19 total).
- Castle Mead Medical Centre
- Countesthorpe Health Centre
- Dishley Grange Medical Practice
- Empingham Medical Centre
- Husbands Bosworth Medical Centre
- Ibstock & Barlestone Surgeries
- Long Clawson Medical Practice
- Manor House Surgery
- Market Harborough Med.ctr
- Market Overton & Somerby Surgeries
- Measham Medical Unit
- Newbold Verdon Med.pract.
- South Leicestershire Medical Group
- Stackyard And Woolsthorpe Surgery
- The Billesdon Surgery
- The Burbage Surgery
- The Old School Surgery
- The Orchard Med Practice
- The Uppingham Surgery
Download this data
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland's monthly series is in this page's CSV. Every ICB's items, cost and share of national prescribing, with the method and caveats documented, is in the ICB prescribing summary dataset — one of ten in our open data catalogue.