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).
- Mendlesham Medical Group
- Mill Road Surgery
- Needham Market Country Practice
- Oakfield Surgery
- Orchard House Surgery
- Rowhedge Surgery
- Saxmundham Health Centre
- Stanton Surgery
- Stowhealth
- Swan Surgery
- The Ardleigh Surgery
- The Guildhall And Barrow Surgery
- The Holbrook And Shotley Practice
- The Long Melford Practice
- The Peninsula Practice
- The Reynard Surgery
- The Riverside Health Ctr
- The Rookery Medical Centre
- Thorpe Surgery
- Unity Healthcare
- Victoria Surgery
- Wickham Market Medical Centre
- Wickhambrook Surgery
- Winstree Medical Practice
- Woolpit Health 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.