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NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

QF7 · 12 dispensing practices
Data updated April 2026

South Yorkshire was ranked 13th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 3,211,395 items dispensed, up 3.0% on a year earlier.

3,211,395items

Dispensed in April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£23,012,880

Net ingredient cost, April 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. South Yorkshire: national prescribing items by month

0 1.8m 3.5m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 avg ICB 3,211,395 May 2022: 2.9m Jun 2022: 2.9m Jul 2022: 2.8m Aug 2022: 2.9m Sep 2022: 2.9m Oct 2022: 3m Nov 2022: 3m Dec 2022: 3.1m Jan 2023: 3m Feb 2023: 2.8m Mar 2023: 3.1m Apr 2023: 2.8m May 2023: 3m Jun 2023: 3.1m Jul 2023: 3m Aug 2023: 3m Sep 2023: 3m Oct 2023: 3.2m Nov 2023: 3.1m Dec 2023: 3m Jan 2024: 3.2m Feb 2024: 3m Mar 2024: 3m Apr 2024: 3.1m May 2024: 3.2m Jun 2024: 3m Jul 2024: 3.2m Aug 2024: 3.1m Sep 2024: 3m Oct 2024: 3.4m Nov 2024: 3.1m Dec 2024: 3.3m Jan 2025: 3.2m Feb 2025: 2.9m Mar 2025: 3.1m Apr 2025: 3.1m May 2025: 3.2m Jun 2025: 3.1m Jul 2025: 3.3m Aug 2025: 3m Sep 2025: 3.2m Oct 2025: 3.5m Nov 2025: 3.1m Dec 2025: 3.4m Jan 2026: 3.2m Feb 2026: 3m Mar 2026: 3.3m Apr 2026: 3.2m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in South Yorkshire, April 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in South Yorkshire, April 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 202,543 £153,001
Lansoprazole 126,457 £133,700
Ramipril 110,122 £154,122
Amlodipine 102,447 £67,750
Levothyroxine sodium 79,958 £78,989
Bisoprolol fumarate 79,506 £142,336
Colecalciferol 78,724 £269,935
Metformin hydrochloride 67,898 £132,179
Sertraline hydrochloride 67,241 £83,696
Omeprazole 62,997 £194,914
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 53,798 £52,037
Aspirin 51,711 £124,332
Paracetamol 43,596 £164,353
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) 43,264 £248,957
Salbutamol 40,197 £104,811

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Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in South Yorkshire (12 total).