NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board

QT1 · 15 dispensing practices

Data updated March 2026

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire was ranked 18th of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,334,823 items dispensed, up 5.0% on a year earlier.

2,334,823items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£26,669,348

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire: national prescribing items by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, March 2026
Medicine	Items	Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin	139,695	£122,007
Lansoprazole	85,873	£89,083
Ramipril	79,526	£83,883
Amlodipine	77,571	£57,358
Levothyroxine sodium	56,827	£61,822
Bisoprolol fumarate	52,601	£57,417
Colecalciferol	51,649	£182,580
Sertraline hydrochloride	47,442	£62,369
Omeprazole	46,856	£133,647
Metformin hydrochloride	46,069	£103,879
Paracetamol	36,035	£151,358
Amitriptyline hydrochloride	34,955	£39,564
Aspirin	32,316	£89,745
Salbutamol	29,923	£93,080
Losartan potassium	28,828	£24,676

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Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (15 total).