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NHS North West London Integrated Care Board

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Data updated March 2026

North West London was an integrated care board in England in March 2026, with 3,558,604 items dispensed, down 1.6% on a year earlier.

3,558,604items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£28,151,243

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. North West London: national prescribing items by month

0 2.3m 4.6m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Mar 2026 avg ICB 3,558,604 May 2022: 3.9m Jun 2022: 3.8m Jul 2022: 3.8m Aug 2022: 3.9m Sep 2022: 3.9m Oct 2022: 3.9m Nov 2022: 4m Dec 2022: 4m Jan 2023: 4m Feb 2023: 3.7m Mar 2023: 4.3m Apr 2023: 3.8m May 2023: 4.1m Jun 2023: 4.2m Jul 2023: 4.1m Aug 2023: 4.1m Sep 2023: 4.2m Oct 2023: 4.3m Nov 2023: 4.3m Dec 2023: 4.2m Jan 2024: 4.4m Feb 2024: 4.1m Mar 2024: 4.2m Apr 2024: 3.9m May 2024: 4.6m Jun 2024: 3.7m Jul 2024: 4.1m Aug 2024: 3.7m Sep 2024: 3.7m Oct 2024: 4m Nov 2024: 3.8m Dec 2024: 3.8m Jan 2025: 3.9m Feb 2025: 3.5m Mar 2025: 3.6m Apr 2025: 3.6m May 2025: 3.6m Jun 2025: 3.4m Jul 2025: 3.6m Aug 2025: 3.3m Sep 2025: 3.4m Oct 2025: 3.7m Nov 2025: 3.4m Dec 2025: 3.7m Jan 2026: 3.6m Feb 2026: 3.3m Mar 2026: 3.6m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in North West London, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in North West London, March 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 238,126 £208,215
Amlodipine 127,217 £109,882
Metformin hydrochloride 112,789 £234,378
Colecalciferol 106,933 £418,781
Levothyroxine sodium 96,357 £110,572
Omeprazole 92,914 £207,850
Ramipril 92,098 £107,187
Lansoprazole 90,291 £80,104
Bisoprolol fumarate 89,813 £95,089
Aspirin 68,679 £165,866
Sertraline hydrochloride 55,256 £115,985
Losartan potassium 51,578 £46,592
Dapagliflozin 50,952 £311,013
Emollients 41,198 £217,603
Apixaban 37,169 £60,262

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in North West London (0 total).

No dispensing practices recorded in this ICB.