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NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board

QNX · 29 dispensing practices
Data updated March 2026

Sussex was an integrated care board in England in March 2026, with 3,012,275 items dispensed, up 6.6% on a year earlier.

3,012,275items

Dispensed in March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£32,138,442

Net ingredient cost, March 2026

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Sussex: national prescribing items by month

0 1.7m 3.3m May 2022 Dec 2022 Jul 2023 Feb 2024 Sep 2024 Apr 2025 Mar 2026 avg ICB 3,012,275 May 2022: 2.8m Jun 2022: 2.7m Jul 2022: 2.7m Aug 2022: 2.7m Sep 2022: 2.7m Oct 2022: 2.9m Nov 2022: 2.8m Dec 2022: 2.8m Jan 2023: 2.8m Feb 2023: 2.6m Mar 2023: 2.9m Apr 2023: 2.6m May 2023: 2.8m Jun 2023: 2.8m Jul 2023: 2.7m Aug 2023: 2.8m Sep 2023: 2.9m Oct 2023: 2.9m Nov 2023: 2.9m Dec 2023: 2.8m Jan 2024: 2.9m Feb 2024: 2.7m Mar 2024: 2.8m Apr 2024: 2.9m May 2024: 2.9m Jun 2024: 2.7m Jul 2024: 3m Aug 2024: 2.8m Sep 2024: 2.8m Oct 2024: 3.1m Nov 2024: 2.9m Dec 2024: 3m Jan 2025: 3m Feb 2025: 2.7m Mar 2025: 2.8m Apr 2025: 2.9m May 2025: 3m Jun 2025: 2.9m Jul 2025: 3m Aug 2025: 2.8m Sep 2025: 3m Oct 2025: 3.3m Nov 2025: 2.9m Dec 2025: 3.2m Jan 2026: 3m Feb 2026: 2.8m Mar 2026: 3m

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

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Most-prescribed medicines in Sussex, March 2026

By items dispensed in this ICB.

Top medicines in Sussex, March 2026
Medicine Items Net ingredient cost
Atorvastatin 174,600 £181,028
Omeprazole 87,583 £300,214
Levothyroxine sodium 86,353 £111,933
Amlodipine 85,268 £87,560
Ramipril 80,189 £98,418
Lansoprazole 74,272 £86,825
Colecalciferol 73,661 £373,925
Bisoprolol fumarate 70,887 £104,042
Sertraline hydrochloride 57,250 £126,115
Metformin hydrochloride 50,187 £130,689
Aspirin 46,049 £144,924
Co-codamol (Codeine phosphate/paracetamol) 34,814 £207,940
Mirtazapine 33,448 £36,224
Salbutamol 33,050 £105,331
Amitriptyline hydrochloride 32,592 £40,423

Dispensing practices

GP practices that dispense in Sussex (29 total).

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