NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
North East and North Cumbria was the 2nd largest of England's 36 integrated care boards by prescribing volume in May 2026, with 7,391,496 items dispensed, down 2.2% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
Net ingredient cost, May 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. North East and North Cumbria: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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Most-prescribed medicines in North East and North Cumbria, May 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 502,878 | £387,524 |
| Lansoprazole | 326,525 | £321,280 |
| Amlodipine | 230,648 | £154,448 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 204,347 | £198,758 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 196,313 | £330,144 |
| Colecalciferol | 196,061 | £629,640 |
| Ramipril | 170,613 | £274,558 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 162,315 | £256,958 |
| Omeprazole | 150,235 | £513,413 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 148,140 | £250,720 |
| Paracetamol | 120,210 | £441,302 |
| Aspirin | 117,626 | £266,911 |
| Mirtazapine | 103,574 | £86,372 |
| Amitriptyline hydrochloride | 101,379 | £91,659 |
| Lisinopril | 96,356 | £104,722 |
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).
- Alnwick Medical Group
- Alston Medical Practice
- Auckland Medical Group
- Barnard Castle Surgery
- Belford Medical Practice
- Belmont & Sherburn Medical Group
- Bewick Crescent Surgery
- Brampton Medical Practice
- Branch End Surgery
- Browney House Surgery
- Caldbeck Surgery
- Castlegate And Derwent Surgery
- Castlehead Medical Centre
- Chopwell Primary Healthcare Centre
- Corbridge Health Centre
- Court Thorn Surgery
- Dalston Medical Group
- Distington Surgery
- Evenwood Medical Practice
- Gainford Surgery
- Gas House Lane Surgery
- Glenridding Health Centre
- Humshaugh & Wark Med Grp
- James Street Group Pract
- Kirkoswald Surgery
Download this data
North East and North Cumbria'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.