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).
- Npc Felton & Widdrington
- Oakfields Health Group
- Old Forge Surgery
- Park Lane Surgery
- Pinfold Medical Practice
- Ponteland Medical Group
- Riversdale Surgery
- Rockliffe Court Surgery
- Scots Gap Medical Group
- Seascale Health Centre
- Shap Medical Practice
- St Andrew's Medical Practice
- Temple Sowerby Medical Practice
- The Croft Surgery
- The Gables Medical Group
- The Haven Surgery
- The Medical Group
- Union Brae & Norham Prac
- Upper Eden Medical Practice
- West Rainton Surgery
- White Medical Group
- Woodview Medical Practice
- Wooler Health
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.