NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
Sussex was an integrated care board in England in March 2026, with 3,012,275 items dispensed, up 6.6% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
Net ingredient cost, March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Sussex: national prescribing items by month
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.
| 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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Sussex'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.