There are 1,058 dispensing practices in England, of which 965 are actively dispensing (receiving dispensing fees), new NHS GP data shows

The dataset, NHS Payments to General Practice, England 2020/21, shows there are shows that a total of £157.43 million dispensing fees were paid during 2020-21, an average of £163,134 per active practice.

Some 410 practices earned dispensing fees in excess of this average.

Other data shown by the report for all practices includes:

• £3,980.3 million for global sum
• £1,564.8 million for balance of PMS Expenditure
• £800.5 million for premises payments
• £720.1 million for the Quality and Outcomes Framework

View the datasheets for all English practices and for dispensing practices sorted by dispensing income.