Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation Trust
RQ300 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Birmingham Women's And Children's NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 150th of 188 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 284 items dispensed, down 70.0% on a year earlier.
284items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£17,686
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Birmingham Women's And Children's 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium picosulfate 5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | 19 | £19 |
| Sennosides 7.5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | 14 | £24 |
| Hylo-Forte 0.2% eye drops preservative free | 12 | £231 |
| Azathioprine 50mg tablets | 8 | £32 |
| Olopatadine 1mg/ml eye drops | 7 | £39 |
| Iopidine 1% eye drops 0.25ml unit dose | 7 | £5,249 |
| Cosopt 20mg/ml / 5mg/ml eye dps 0.2ml ud preservative free | 6 | £380 |
| Xailin Night eye ointment preservative free | 6 | £27 |
| Azarga 10mg/ml / 5mg/ml eye drops | 5 | £126 |
| Monopost 50micrograms/ml eye drops 0.2ml unit dose | 5 | £113 |
| Maxitrol eye drops | 4 | £8 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 4 | £17 |
| Chloramphenicol 0.5% eye drops | 4 | £11 |
| Timolol 0.5% eye drops | 4 | £23 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 4 | £15 |