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NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board

QPM · 23 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

Northamptonshire was ranked 32nd of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 1,517,339 items dispensed, up 6.7% on a year earlier.

1,517,339items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£11,781,455

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Northamptonshire: national prescribing items by month

avg ICB 1,517,339

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Northamptonshire, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Northamptonshire, March 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 106,249 £70,763
Amlodipine 64,014 £43,542
Ramipril 62,257 £59,039
Levothyroxine sodium 47,554 £46,667
Lansoprazole 45,265 £43,920
Omeprazole 42,041 £86,088
Bisoprolol fumarate 40,974 £42,736
Sertraline hydrochloride 32,282 £52,259
Metformin hydrochloride 31,678 £57,819
Colecalciferol 25,241 £101,053
Losartan potassium 24,681 £17,800
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) 22,524 £107,662
Aspirin 22,383 £58,062
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 20,077 £19,929
Dapagliflozin 16,626 £106,644

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Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Northamptonshire (23 total).