Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RC900 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was the 6th highest-volume of England's 190 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in May 2026, with 10,513 items dispensed, down 0.9% on a year earlier.
10,513items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£257,978
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: hospital prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Hospital prescribing dispensed in the community, to May 2026
Top medicines, May 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 280 | £447 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 241 | £467 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 235 | £242 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 213 | £688 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 148 | £159 |
| Isotretinoin 20mg capsules | 130 | £7,980 |
| Aspirin 75mg tablets | 119 | £657 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 105 | £2,987 |
| Fucibet cream | 87 | £673 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 85 | £173 |
| Omeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant capsules | 82 | £145 |
| Vibegron 75mg tablets | 79 | £3,378 |
| Ferrous sulfate 200mg tablets | 79 | £128 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 77 | £119 |
| Protopic 0.1% ointment | 76 | £3,241 |