NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire was ranked 20th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in May 2026, with 2,222,156 items dispensed, down 3.4% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
Net ingredient cost, May 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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Most-prescribed medicines in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, May 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 133,631 | £116,721 |
| Lansoprazole | 81,718 | £92,113 |
| Ramipril | 75,803 | £133,136 |
| Amlodipine | 74,571 | £53,831 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 54,303 | £58,781 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 50,108 | £123,177 |
| Colecalciferol | 49,326 | £167,067 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 45,724 | £78,225 |
| Omeprazole | 44,696 | £147,784 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 44,459 | £99,945 |
| Paracetamol | 34,645 | £148,813 |
| Amitriptyline hydrochloride | 33,398 | £36,561 |
| Aspirin | 30,968 | £86,150 |
| Losartan potassium | 27,862 | £23,658 |
| Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) | 27,389 | £166,034 |
Compare Nottingham and Nottinghamshire with
Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.
Dispensing practices
GP practices that dispense in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (15 total).
- Bawtry And Blyth Medical
- Belvoir Health Group
- Collingham Medical Centre
- East Bridgford Med Centre
- Hounsfield Surgery
- Jubilee Park Medical Partnership
- North Leverton Surgery
- Orchard Surgery
- Riverside Health Partnership
- Southwell Medical Centre
- The Calverton Practice
- The Ivy Medical Group
- Tuxford Medical Centre
- Village Health Group
- Willowbrook Medical Practice
Download this data
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire's monthly series is in this page's CSV. Every ICB's items, cost and share of national prescribing, with the method and caveats documented, is in the ICB prescribing summary dataset — one of ten in our open data catalogue.