NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board

QOC · 18 dispensing practices

Data updated March 2026

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin was ranked 42nd of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 877,395 items dispensed, up 4.8% on a year earlier.

877,395items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£8,170,214

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin: national prescribing items by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, March 2026
Medicine	Items	Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin	53,623	£58,202
Amlodipine	30,965	£31,060
Omeprazole	30,819	£87,402
Ramipril	24,727	£35,548
Levothyroxine sodium	22,502	£29,201
Bisoprolol fumarate	18,837	£26,726
Lansoprazole	18,063	£24,407
Sertraline hydrochloride	16,717	£38,969
Colecalciferol	16,544	£83,581
Metformin hydrochloride	15,214	£45,067
Aspirin	12,750	£41,619
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol)	12,264	£79,867
Amitriptyline hydrochloride	12,226	£15,598
Losartan potassium	12,086	£13,445
Salbutamol	11,203	£41,213

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Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (18 total).