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NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board

QJM · 56 dispensing practices
Data updated April 2026

Lincolnshire was ranked 25th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 2,030,649 items dispensed, up 6.2% on a year earlier.

2,030,649items

Dispensed in April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£14,710,487

Net ingredient cost, April 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Lincolnshire: national prescribing items by month

0 1.5m 3m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 avg ICB 2,030,649 May 2022: 1.8m Jun 2022: 1.8m Jul 2022: 1.8m Aug 2022: 1.8m Sep 2022: 1.8m Oct 2022: 1.9m Nov 2022: 1.9m Dec 2022: 1.9m Jan 2023: 1.8m Feb 2023: 1.7m Mar 2023: 1.9m Apr 2023: 1.7m May 2023: 1.9m Jun 2023: 1.9m Jul 2023: 1.8m Aug 2023: 1.9m Sep 2023: 1.9m Oct 2023: 1.9m Nov 2023: 1.9m Dec 2023: 1.9m Jan 2024: 1.9m Feb 2024: 1.8m Mar 2024: 1.8m Apr 2024: 2m May 2024: 1.9m Jun 2024: 1.9m Jul 2024: 2m Aug 2024: 1.9m Sep 2024: 1.9m Oct 2024: 2.1m Nov 2024: 2m Dec 2024: 2m Jan 2025: 2m Feb 2025: 1.8m Mar 2025: 1.9m Apr 2025: 1.9m May 2025: 2m Jun 2025: 2m Jul 2025: 2.1m Aug 2025: 1.9m Sep 2025: 2m Oct 2025: 2.2m Nov 2025: 1.9m Dec 2025: 2.1m Jan 2026: 2.1m Feb 2026: 1.9m Mar 2026: 2m Apr 2026: 2m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Lincolnshire, April 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Lincolnshire, April 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 137,375 £136,089
Ramipril 71,738 £97,600
Amlodipine 71,611 £51,979
Omeprazole 61,143 £130,777
Lansoprazole 60,990 £58,559
Bisoprolol fumarate 57,250 £93,875
Levothyroxine sodium 55,684 £58,894
Colecalciferol 47,991 £181,230
Metformin hydrochloride 40,660 £78,670
Sertraline hydrochloride 35,864 £53,175
Aspirin 34,302 £78,933
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 28,209 £27,166
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) 26,677 £172,462
Paracetamol 24,272 £97,611
Dapagliflozin 23,906 £156,092

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Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Lincolnshire (56 total).

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