Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
RMC00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 32nd of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 4,982 items dispensed, up 4.9% on a year earlier.
4,982items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£50,448
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Bolton 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-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 178 | £613 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 176 | £255 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 164 | £234 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 159 | £380 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 155 | £178 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 143 | £94 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 129 | £107 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 88 | £319 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 79 | £82 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 67 | £416 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 66 | £71 |
| Prednisolone acetate 1% eye drops | 55 | £197 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 51 | £183 |
| Cefalexin 500mg tablets | 50 | £133 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 50 | £74 |