NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
QSL · 20 dispensing practices
Somerset was ranked 41st of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 1,007,198 items dispensed, up 7.6% on a year earlier.
1,007,198items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£10,470,251
Net ingredient cost, March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Somerset: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
Most-prescribed medicines in Somerset, March 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 53,903 | £52,804 |
| Omeprazole | 38,886 | £68,633 |
| Ramipril | 32,421 | £42,237 |
| Amlodipine | 29,685 | £26,108 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 25,300 | £35,562 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 24,124 | £33,129 |
| Night Drainage Bags | 20,458 | £308,529 |
| Lansoprazole | 17,433 | £23,719 |
| Catheters | 17,333 | £668,016 |
| Tubing And Accessories | 15,762 | £239,191 |
| Leg Bags | 15,600 | £501,264 |
| Colecalciferol | 14,992 | £82,089 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 14,986 | £28,519 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 14,832 | £37,842 |
| Aspirin | 14,527 | £51,959 |
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Dispensing practices
GP practices that dispense in Somerset (20 total).
- Beckington Family Practice
- Brent Area Medical Centre
- Cannington Health Centre
- Church View Medical Centre
- Dunster & Porlock Surgeries
- Exmoor Medical Centre
- Langport Surgery
- Lister House Partnership
- Mendip Country Practice
- Milborne Port Surgery
- North Curry
- North Petherton Surgery
- Oakhill Surgery
- Polden Medical Practice
- Quantock Medical Centre
- Quantock Vale Surgery
- Queen Camel Medical Centre
- Summervale Surgery
- The Meadows Surgery
- West Coker Surgery