NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board

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Data updated March 2026

Suffolk and North East Essex was ranked 25th of 42 integrated care boards in England by prescribing volume 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

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

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Dispensing practices

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

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