NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board

QHM · 48 dispensing practices

Data updated March 2026

North East and North Cumbria was the 2nd largest of England's 42 integrated care boards by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 7,753,475 items dispensed, up 6.7% on a year earlier.

7,753,475items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£54,304,472

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. North East and North Cumbria: national prescribing items by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in North East and North Cumbria, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in North East and North Cumbria, March 2026
Medicine	Items	Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin	525,251	£389,639
Lansoprazole	341,927	£305,397
Amlodipine	242,154	£165,090
Levothyroxine sodium	213,241	£205,417
Colecalciferol	206,743	£667,125
Bisoprolol fumarate	204,944	£158,831
Ramipril	178,277	£165,902
Sertraline hydrochloride	170,590	£227,959
Omeprazole	157,673	£545,245
Metformin hydrochloride	155,240	£263,829
Paracetamol	126,637	£450,576
Aspirin	124,135	£279,170
Mirtazapine	108,355	£84,296
Amitriptyline hydrochloride	107,497	£98,500
Lisinopril	101,605	£83,034

Compare North East and North Cumbria with

Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in North East and North Cumbria (48 total).

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