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NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board

QHM · 48 dispensing practices
Data updated April 2026

North East and North Cumbria was the 2nd largest of England's 36 integrated care boards by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 7,631,420 items dispensed, up 2.9% on a year earlier.

7,631,420items

Dispensed in April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£54,273,316

Net ingredient cost, April 2026

NHSBSA PCA

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

0 4.2m 8.4m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 avg ICB 7,631,420 May 2022: 7m Jun 2022: 6.7m Jul 2022: 6.7m Aug 2022: 6.9m Sep 2022: 6.9m Oct 2022: 7.1m Nov 2022: 7.1m Dec 2022: 7.1m Jan 2023: 7.1m Feb 2023: 6.4m Mar 2023: 7.3m Apr 2023: 6.6m May 2023: 7m Jun 2023: 7.2m Jul 2023: 6.9m Aug 2023: 7.1m Sep 2023: 7.2m Oct 2023: 7.3m Nov 2023: 7.2m Dec 2023: 7.2m Jan 2024: 7.4m Feb 2024: 7m Mar 2024: 7.1m Apr 2024: 7.4m May 2024: 7.4m Jun 2024: 7m Jul 2024: 7.6m Aug 2024: 7.3m Sep 2024: 7.2m Oct 2024: 8m Nov 2024: 7.4m Dec 2024: 7.6m Jan 2025: 7.8m Feb 2025: 6.9m Mar 2025: 7.3m Apr 2025: 7.4m May 2025: 7.6m Jun 2025: 7.4m Jul 2025: 7.9m Aug 2025: 7.2m Sep 2025: 7.6m Oct 2025: 8.4m Nov 2025: 7.4m Dec 2025: 8m Jan 2026: 7.7m Feb 2026: 7.1m Mar 2026: 7.8m Apr 2026: 7.6m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in North East and North Cumbria, April 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 518,619 £404,440
Lansoprazole 337,474 £325,174
Amlodipine 237,535 £159,604
Levothyroxine sodium 209,570 £208,737
Colecalciferol 203,867 £670,228
Bisoprolol fumarate 201,958 £246,152
Ramipril 176,491 £230,665
Sertraline hydrochloride 167,529 £226,368
Omeprazole 155,302 £507,206
Metformin hydrochloride 152,620 £259,002
Paracetamol 125,758 £465,478
Aspirin 121,455 £274,470
Mirtazapine 107,694 £80,321
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 105,383 £95,958
Lisinopril 99,704 £95,438

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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