NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
QPM · 23 dispensing practices
Northamptonshire was ranked 29th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 1,490,578 items dispensed, up 4.7% on a year earlier.
1,490,578items
Dispensed in April 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£11,586,634
Net ingredient cost, April 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Northamptonshire: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026
Most-prescribed medicines in Northamptonshire, April 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 101,742 | £70,428 |
| Amlodipine | 61,382 | £40,034 |
| Ramipril | 59,284 | £97,269 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 45,335 | £45,308 |
| Lansoprazole | 42,701 | £45,194 |
| Omeprazole | 39,865 | £87,229 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 38,951 | £91,501 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 31,068 | £56,063 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 30,638 | £55,372 |
| Losartan potassium | 24,100 | £17,490 |
| Colecalciferol | 23,550 | £91,774 |
| Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) | 21,262 | £102,480 |
| Aspirin | 21,012 | £55,134 |
| Amitriptyline hydrochloride | 19,291 | £19,172 |
| Dapagliflozin | 17,344 | £83,756 |
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Dispensing practices
GP practices that dispense in Northamptonshire (23 total).
- Aspiro Healthcare Studfall Med Centre
- Brackley Medical Centre
- Bugbrooke Medical Practice
- Byfield Medical Centre
- Crick Medical Practice
- Denton Village Surgery
- Dr Sumira
- Earls Barton Medical Centre
- Greens Norton & Weedon Medical Practice
- Lakeside Healthcare
- Marshalls Road Surgery
- Mawsley Medical
- Moulton Surgery
- Nene Valley Surgery
- Oundle
- Spinney Brook Medical Centre
- Springfield Surgery
- The Brook Health Centre
- The Long Buckby Practice
- The Parks Medical Practice
- The Saxon Spires Practice
- Towcester Medical Centre
- Woodsend Medical Centre