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NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board

QJG · 50 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

Suffolk and North East Essex was an integrated care board in England in March 2026, with 2,153,905 items dispensed, up 3.8% on a year earlier.

2,153,905items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£16,357,695

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Suffolk and North East Essex: national prescribing items by month

0 1.4m 2.8m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Mar 2026 avg ICB 2,153,905 May 2022: 1.9m Jun 2022: 2m Jul 2022: 1.9m Aug 2022: 2m Sep 2022: 2m Oct 2022: 2m Nov 2022: 2m Dec 2022: 2m Jan 2023: 2m Feb 2023: 1.8m Mar 2023: 2.1m Apr 2023: 1.9m May 2023: 2m Jun 2023: 2m Jul 2023: 2m Aug 2023: 2m Sep 2023: 2.1m Oct 2023: 2.1m Nov 2023: 2m Dec 2023: 2.1m Jan 2024: 2.1m Feb 2024: 1.9m Mar 2024: 2m Apr 2024: 2.1m May 2024: 2.1m Jun 2024: 2m Jul 2024: 2.1m Aug 2024: 2.1m Sep 2024: 2m Oct 2024: 2.3m Nov 2024: 2.1m Dec 2024: 2.1m Jan 2025: 2.2m Feb 2025: 1.9m Mar 2025: 2.1m Apr 2025: 2m May 2025: 2.1m Jun 2025: 2.1m Jul 2025: 2.2m Aug 2025: 2m Sep 2025: 2.1m Oct 2025: 2.4m Nov 2025: 2.1m Dec 2025: 2.2m Jan 2026: 2.1m Feb 2026: 2m Mar 2026: 2.2m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Suffolk and North East Essex, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Suffolk and North East Essex, March 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 142,390 £131,379
Levothyroxine sodium 81,327 £75,402
Amlodipine 74,391 £62,894
Omeprazole 71,694 £148,715
Ramipril 69,652 £69,266
Bisoprolol fumarate 56,922 £65,394
Lansoprazole 53,213 £56,191
Sertraline hydrochloride 45,493 £62,318
Metformin hydrochloride 40,775 £89,365
Colecalciferol 39,405 £174,065
Aspirin 36,454 £93,547
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 29,889 £31,763
Losartan potassium 28,458 £22,040
Citalopram hydrobromide 26,467 £19,621
Dapagliflozin 22,428 £183,853

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Suffolk and North East Essex (50 total).

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