Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RXL00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 71st of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,580 items dispensed, up 10.6% on a year earlier.
2,580items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£51,342
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 99 | £124 |
| Cetraben cream | 88 | £662 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 81 | £252 |
| Adex gel | 76 | £548 |
| Tolak 40mg/g cream | 69 | £3,193 |
| Protopic 0.1% ointment | 57 | £2,315 |
| Fucibet cream | 50 | £680 |
| Elidel 1% cream | 47 | £1,688 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 47 | £200 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 41 | £50 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 40 | £59 |
| Eumovate 0.05% ointment | 32 | £144 |
| Cetraben ointment | 30 | £257 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 28 | £17 |
| Wynzora 50micrograms/g / 0.5mg/g cream | 28 | £1,605 |