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NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board

QK1 · 19 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland was ranked 23rd of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,254,701 items dispensed, up 7.3% on a year earlier.

2,254,701items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£19,298,341

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland: national prescribing items by month

avg ICB 2,254,701

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, March 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 155,487 £143,881
Lansoprazole 92,079 £91,548
Amlodipine 85,368 £69,734
Ramipril 73,210 £80,910
Levothyroxine sodium 61,928 £70,194
Bisoprolol fumarate 55,478 £62,954
Metformin hydrochloride 53,831 £120,129
Colecalciferol 47,476 £219,051
Sertraline hydrochloride 45,609 £102,785
Losartan potassium 34,812 £29,908
Dapagliflozin 32,540 £238,147
Aspirin 31,722 £91,200
Omeprazole 29,436 £113,673
Paracetamol 28,095 £112,436
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 27,954 £31,372

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Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (19 total).