B'ham & S'hull Mh NHS Foundation Trust
RXT00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
B'ham & S'hull Mh NHS Foundation Trust was the 9th highest-volume of England's 193 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in March 2026, with 10,502 items dispensed, up 18.7% on a year earlier.
10,502items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£181,821
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. B'ham & S'hull Mh NHS Foundation Trust: hospital prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Hospital prescribing dispensed in the community, to March 2026
Top medicines, March 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Methadone 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 738 | £3,368 |
| Promethazine hydrochloride 25mg tablets | 426 | £480 |
| Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets | 341 | £151 |
| Quetiapine 25mg tablets | 310 | £263 |
| Aripiprazole 5mg tablets | 265 | £240 |
| Quetiapine 50mg tablets | 222 | £1,763 |
| Aripiprazole 10mg tablets | 213 | £638 |
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 210 | £156 |
| Mirtazapine 15mg tablets | 204 | £196 |
| Sertraline 100mg tablets | 198 | £198 |
| Memantine 10mg tablets | 174 | £718 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 161 | £73 |
| Memantine 20mg tablets | 148 | £716 |
| Quetiapine 100mg tablets | 146 | £189 |
| Risperidone 500microgram tablets | 137 | £973 |