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NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board

QSL · 20 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

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

avg ICB 1,007,198

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Somerset, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Somerset, March 2026
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).