NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board
QNC · 28 dispensing practices
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent was ranked 15th of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,466,784 items dispensed, up 5.0% on a year earlier.
2,466,784items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£21,286,778
Net ingredient cost, March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent: national prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
Most-prescribed medicines in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent, March 2026
By items dispensed in this ICB.
| Medicine | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin | 145,770 | £142,596 |
| Ramipril | 83,787 | £106,604 |
| Amlodipine | 76,593 | £72,980 |
| Omeprazole | 73,967 | £222,147 |
| Lansoprazole | 65,389 | £77,764 |
| Levothyroxine sodium | 59,950 | £70,567 |
| Bisoprolol fumarate | 57,472 | £72,917 |
| Sertraline hydrochloride | 52,400 | £94,740 |
| Colecalciferol | 51,601 | £249,281 |
| Metformin hydrochloride | 49,737 | £124,601 |
| Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) | 36,807 | £247,097 |
| Aspirin | 34,705 | £103,567 |
| Salbutamol | 31,243 | £128,113 |
| Amitriptyline hydrochloride | 31,194 | £35,500 |
| Paracetamol | 31,179 | £137,898 |
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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