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NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

QH8 · 27 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

Mid and South Essex was ranked 27th of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,021,590 items dispensed, up 4.4% on a year earlier.

2,021,590items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£20,022,891

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Mid and South Essex: national prescribing items by month

avg ICB 2,021,590

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Mid and South Essex, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Mid and South Essex, March 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 127,474 £127,600
Amlodipine 72,418 £65,361
Lansoprazole 66,627 £80,390
Levothyroxine sodium 60,067 £75,112
Ramipril 57,599 £71,136
Bisoprolol fumarate 48,349 £64,476
Omeprazole 44,328 £191,159
Metformin hydrochloride 40,621 £102,017
Sertraline hydrochloride 39,896 £91,017
Colecalciferol 35,214 £179,937
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) 30,603 £173,939
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 30,205 £33,054
Aspirin 30,168 £93,366
Citalopram hydrobromide 25,811 £20,730
Salbutamol 24,506 £71,257

Compare Mid and South Essex with

Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Mid and South Essex (27 total).

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