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NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board

QMJ · 2 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

North Central London was an integrated care board in England in March 2026, with 2,205,944 items dispensed, up 9.5% on a year earlier.

2,205,944items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£18,926,977

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. North Central London: 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 2,205,944 May 2022: 1.8m Jun 2022: 1.8m Jul 2022: 1.7m Aug 2022: 1.7m Sep 2022: 1.8m Oct 2022: 1.8m Nov 2022: 1.8m Dec 2022: 1.8m 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: 1.9m Aug 2023: 1.9m Sep 2023: 1.9m Oct 2023: 1.9m Nov 2023: 2m Dec 2023: 1.9m Jan 2024: 2m Feb 2024: 1.9m Mar 2024: 1.9m Apr 2024: 2m May 2024: 2m Jun 2024: 2m Jul 2024: 2.1m Aug 2024: 2m Sep 2024: 2m Oct 2024: 2.2m Nov 2024: 2.1m Dec 2024: 2m Jan 2025: 2.1m Feb 2025: 1.9m Mar 2025: 2m Apr 2025: 2.1m May 2025: 2.1m Jun 2025: 2.1m Jul 2025: 2.2m Aug 2025: 2m Sep 2025: 2.1m Oct 2025: 2.3m Nov 2025: 2.1m Dec 2025: 2.2m Jan 2026: 2.2m Feb 2026: 2m Mar 2026: 2.2m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in North Central London, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in North Central London, March 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 131,163 £116,743
Amlodipine 75,560 £65,066
Lansoprazole 69,218 £65,757
Colecalciferol 62,075 £229,659
Metformin hydrochloride 61,013 £125,659
Levothyroxine sodium 59,626 £72,052
Ramipril 52,531 £54,928
Bisoprolol fumarate 51,072 £51,514
Omeprazole 48,613 £155,995
Sertraline hydrochloride 37,917 £82,410
Aspirin 35,372 £84,447
Losartan potassium 29,991 £27,354
Dapagliflozin 26,859 £165,848
Emollients 26,097 £169,304
Mirtazapine 25,731 £27,093

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in North Central London (2 total).

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North Central London'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.