Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
RJR00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 78th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,338 items dispensed, up 11.1% on a year earlier.
2,338items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£53,845
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Countess Of Chester Hospital 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 89 | £172 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 74 | £45 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 47 | £64 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 44 | £90 |
| Monopost 50micrograms/ml eye drops 0.2ml unit dose | 40 | £707 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 36 | £46 |
| Bisoprolol 2.5mg tablets | 31 | £15 |
| Thealoz Duo eye drops preservative free | 30 | £476 |
| Ryaltris 25micrograms/dose / 600micrograms/dose nasal spray | 29 | £579 |
| Softacort 3.35mg/ml eye drops 0.4ml unit dose | 29 | £1,229 |
| Naseptin nasal cream | 27 | £53 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 26 | £267 |
| Amitriptyline 10mg tablets | 22 | £12 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 22 | £16 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 20 | £36 |