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NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board

QT1 · 15 dispensing practices
Data updated April 2026

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire was ranked 20th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 2,302,976 items dispensed, up 3.3% on a year earlier.

2,302,976items

Dispensed in April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£25,640,584

Net ingredient cost, April 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire: 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 2,302,976 May 2022: 2.1m Jun 2022: 2m Jul 2022: 2m Aug 2022: 2.1m Sep 2022: 2.1m Oct 2022: 2.1m Nov 2022: 2.1m Dec 2022: 2.2m Jan 2023: 2.1m Feb 2023: 2m Mar 2023: 2.2m Apr 2023: 2m May 2023: 2.1m Jun 2023: 2.2m Jul 2023: 2.1m Aug 2023: 2.2m Sep 2023: 2.2m Oct 2023: 2.2m Nov 2023: 2.2m Dec 2023: 2.2m Jan 2024: 2.3m Feb 2024: 2.1m Mar 2024: 2.2m Apr 2024: 2.2m May 2024: 2.2m Jun 2024: 2.1m Jul 2024: 2.3m Aug 2024: 2.2m Sep 2024: 2.1m Oct 2024: 2.4m Nov 2024: 2.2m Dec 2024: 2.3m Jan 2025: 2.4m Feb 2025: 2.1m Mar 2025: 2.2m Apr 2025: 2.2m May 2025: 2.3m Jun 2025: 2.2m Jul 2025: 2.4m Aug 2025: 2.2m Sep 2025: 2.3m Oct 2025: 2.5m Nov 2025: 2.2m Dec 2025: 2.4m Jan 2026: 2.3m Feb 2026: 2.1m Mar 2026: 2.3m Apr 2026: 2.3m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, April 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, April 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 139,116 £119,330
Lansoprazole 85,386 £94,402
Ramipril 78,905 £113,660
Amlodipine 77,353 £55,204
Levothyroxine sodium 55,942 £61,198
Bisoprolol fumarate 52,405 £95,395
Colecalciferol 51,518 £179,092
Sertraline hydrochloride 47,390 £64,106
Omeprazole 46,416 £139,801
Metformin hydrochloride 45,790 £101,024
Paracetamol 36,190 £153,911
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 34,732 £37,970
Aspirin 32,029 £89,001
Losartan potassium 28,913 £24,547
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) 28,540 £173,714

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Dispensing practices

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