Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
RA700 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 121st of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 855 items dispensed, up 120.9% on a year earlier.
855items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£10,124
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Bristol 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 35 | £49 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 31 | £39 |
| Acular 5mg/ml eye drops | 29 | £95 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 29 | £51 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 26 | £17 |
| Pred Forte 1% eye drops | 25 | £108 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 17 | £36 |
| Ciprofloxacin 500mg tablets | 14 | £56 |
| Ondansetron 4mg tablets | 13 | £22 |
| Naproxen 250mg tablets | 12 | £6 |
| Cosopt 20mg/ml / 5mg/ml eye drops | 12 | £191 |
| Metronidazole 400mg tablets | 11 | £9 |
| Laxido Orange oral powder sachets sugar free | 10 | £35 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 10 | £54 |
| Tramadol 50mg capsules | 10 | £7 |