Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RXL00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 73rd of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 2,376 items dispensed, down 3.0% on a year earlier.
2,376items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£50,153
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Blackpool Teaching 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 89 | £109 |
| Adex gel | 74 | £540 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 74 | £267 |
| Cetraben cream | 66 | £547 |
| Protopic 0.1% ointment | 54 | £2,287 |
| Cetraben ointment | 44 | £392 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 42 | £165 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 39 | £63 |
| Mometasone 0.1% ointment | 37 | £526 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 37 | £63 |
| Elidel 1% cream | 37 | £1,346 |
| Fucibet cream | 37 | £516 |
| Eumovate 0.05% ointment | 36 | £158 |
| Fluorouracil 5% cream | 34 | £1,152 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 34 | £27 |