NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
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.
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
Net ingredient cost, March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Suffolk and North East Essex: national prescribing items by month
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.
| 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).
- Abbey Field Medical Centre
- Angel Hill Surgery
- Bildeston Health Centre
- Botesdale Health Centre
- Colne Medical Centre
- Combs Ford Surgery
- Creffield Medical Group
- Debenham Group Practice
- Eye Health Centre
- Framfield House Surgery
- Framlingham Surgery
- Fressingfield Medical Centre
- Fronks Rd Family Surgery
- Glemsford Surgery
- Hadleigh Health Centre
- Hardwicke House Group Practice
- Harewood Surgery
- Ixworth Surgery
- Lakenheath Surgery
- Lawford Surgery
- Leiston Surgery
- Little St John Street Surgery
- Market Cross Surgery
- Martlesham Surgery
- Mayflower Medical Centre
Download this data
Suffolk and North East Essex's monthly series is in this page's CSV. Every ICB's items, cost and share of national prescribing, with the method and caveats documented, is in the ICB prescribing summary dataset — one of ten in our open data catalogue.