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NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board

QNC · 28 dispensing practices
Data updated April 2026

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent was ranked 17th of 36 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in April 2026, with 2,416,931 items dispensed, up 3.7% on a year earlier.

2,416,931items

Dispensed in April 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£21,195,317

Net ingredient cost, April 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent: national prescribing items by month

0 1.5m 3m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 avg ICB 2,416,931 May 2022: 2.2m Jun 2022: 2.2m Jul 2022: 2.2m Aug 2022: 2.2m Sep 2022: 2.2m Oct 2022: 2.3m Nov 2022: 2.3m Dec 2022: 2.3m Jan 2023: 2.3m Feb 2023: 2.1m Mar 2023: 2.4m Apr 2023: 2.1m May 2023: 2.3m Jun 2023: 2.3m Jul 2023: 2.2m Aug 2023: 2.3m Sep 2023: 2.3m Oct 2023: 2.4m Nov 2023: 2.3m Dec 2023: 2.3m Jan 2024: 2.4m Feb 2024: 2.2m Mar 2024: 2.3m Apr 2024: 2.4m May 2024: 2.4m Jun 2024: 2.3m Jul 2024: 2.5m Aug 2024: 2.3m Sep 2024: 2.3m Oct 2024: 2.5m Nov 2024: 2.4m Dec 2024: 2.5m Jan 2025: 2.5m Feb 2025: 2.2m Mar 2025: 2.3m Apr 2025: 2.3m May 2025: 2.5m Jun 2025: 2.4m Jul 2025: 2.5m Aug 2025: 2.3m Sep 2025: 2.4m Oct 2025: 2.7m Nov 2025: 2.4m Dec 2025: 2.6m Jan 2026: 2.5m Feb 2026: 2.2m Mar 2026: 2.5m Apr 2026: 2.4m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent, April 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent, April 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 139,850 £134,384
Ramipril 80,567 £165,387
Amlodipine 73,488 £68,647
Omeprazole 70,646 £209,896
Lansoprazole 62,543 £82,114
Levothyroxine sodium 57,164 £69,651
Bisoprolol fumarate 55,523 £159,584
Sertraline hydrochloride 50,243 £110,981
Colecalciferol 49,761 £239,770
Metformin hydrochloride 48,140 £118,160
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) 35,377 £243,733
Aspirin 33,232 £98,744
Paracetamol 30,023 £136,959
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 29,849 £33,319
Salbutamol 28,906 £116,168

Compare Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent with

Similarly-sized integrated care boards, by prescribing volume.

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent (28 total).

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