Skip to content
Independent analysis of NHS open data
PharmaInsight

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board

QPM · 23 dispensing practices
Data updated April 2026

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

0 1.5m 3m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 avg ICB 1,490,578 May 2022: 1.4m Jun 2022: 1.3m Jul 2022: 1.3m Aug 2022: 1.4m Sep 2022: 1.4m Oct 2022: 1.4m Nov 2022: 1.4m Dec 2022: 1.4m Jan 2023: 1.4m Feb 2023: 1.3m Mar 2023: 1.5m Apr 2023: 1.3m May 2023: 1.4m Jun 2023: 1.4m Jul 2023: 1.4m Aug 2023: 1.4m Sep 2023: 1.4m Oct 2023: 1.4m Nov 2023: 1.4m Dec 2023: 1.4m Jan 2024: 1.5m Feb 2024: 1.4m Mar 2024: 1.4m Apr 2024: 1.4m May 2024: 1.5m Jun 2024: 1.4m Jul 2024: 1.5m Aug 2024: 1.4m Sep 2024: 1.4m Oct 2024: 1.6m Nov 2024: 1.5m Dec 2024: 1.5m Jan 2025: 1.5m Feb 2025: 1.3m Mar 2025: 1.4m Apr 2025: 1.4m May 2025: 1.5m Jun 2025: 1.5m Jul 2025: 1.5m Aug 2025: 1.4m Sep 2025: 1.5m Oct 2025: 1.6m Nov 2025: 1.4m Dec 2025: 1.5m Jan 2026: 1.5m Feb 2026: 1.4m Mar 2026: 1.5m Apr 2026: 1.5m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

Download CSV

Most-prescribed medicines in Northamptonshire, April 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Northamptonshire, April 2026
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

Compare Northamptonshire with

Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Northamptonshire (23 total).