NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
QSL · 20 dispensing practices
Somerset was ranked 35th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 978,157 items dispensed, up 7.2% on a year earlier.
978,157items
Dispensed in April 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£10,042,056
Net ingredient cost, April 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Somerset: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026
Most-prescribed medicines in Somerset, April 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 52,561 | £53,239 |
| Omeprazole | 37,472 | £68,228 |
| Ramipril | 31,869 | £68,060 |
| Amlodipine | 28,793 | £24,644 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 24,506 | £34,322 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 23,792 | £77,137 |
| Night Drainage Bags | 18,460 | £280,258 |
| Lansoprazole | 17,113 | £25,618 |
| Catheters | 16,577 | £641,965 |
| Tubing And Accessories | 15,188 | £231,289 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 14,770 | £33,913 |
| Colecalciferol | 14,701 | £78,635 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 14,514 | £36,231 |
| Aspirin | 14,291 | £51,103 |
| Paracetamol | 14,252 | £69,224 |
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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