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NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board

QMM · 62 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

Norfolk and Waveney was an integrated care board in England in March 2026, with 2,260,587 items dispensed, up 4.9% on a year earlier.

2,260,587items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£17,128,344

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Norfolk and Waveney: national prescribing items by month

0 1.4m 2.8m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Mar 2026 avg ICB 2,260,587 May 2022: 2.1m Jun 2022: 2m Jul 2022: 2m Aug 2022: 2.1m Sep 2022: 2.1m Oct 2022: 2.1m Nov 2022: 2.2m Dec 2022: 2.2m Jan 2023: 2.1m Feb 2023: 1.9m Mar 2023: 2.2m Apr 2023: 2m May 2023: 2.1m Jun 2023: 2.1m Jul 2023: 2.1m Aug 2023: 2.1m Sep 2023: 2.1m Oct 2023: 2.2m Nov 2023: 2.1m Dec 2023: 2.2m Jan 2024: 2.2m Feb 2024: 2m Mar 2024: 2.1m Apr 2024: 2.2m May 2024: 2.2m Jun 2024: 2.1m Jul 2024: 2.2m Aug 2024: 2.2m Sep 2024: 2.1m Oct 2024: 2.4m Nov 2024: 2.2m Dec 2024: 2.2m Jan 2025: 2.2m Feb 2025: 2m Mar 2025: 2.2m Apr 2025: 2.1m May 2025: 2.2m Jun 2025: 2.1m Jul 2025: 2.3m Aug 2025: 2.1m Sep 2025: 2.2m Oct 2025: 2.5m Nov 2025: 2.2m Dec 2025: 2.3m Jan 2026: 2.2m Feb 2026: 2.1m Mar 2026: 2.3m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Norfolk and Waveney, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Norfolk and Waveney, March 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 139,404 £109,392
Lansoprazole 86,793 £88,485
Levothyroxine sodium 64,186 £65,941
Amlodipine 61,958 £48,656
Bisoprolol fumarate 53,447 £57,709
Ramipril 52,199 £54,132
Omeprazole 44,593 £120,640
Metformin hydrochloride 42,576 £88,276
Sertraline hydrochloride 41,912 £58,631
Colecalciferol 37,957 £164,480
Aspirin 35,331 £98,481
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 31,547 £33,580
Citalopram hydrobromide 29,099 £21,851
Candesartan cilexetil 27,813 £44,824
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) 27,800 £164,949

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Norfolk and Waveney (62 total).

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