Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RXM00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 167th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 70 items dispensed, down 16.7% on a year earlier.
70items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£3,367
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Derbyshire Healthcare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Melatonin 2mg modified-release tablets | 6 | £63 |
| Risperidone 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 5 | £15 |
| Aripiprazole 1mg/ml oral solution | 4 | £37 |
| Rivastigmine 4.6mg/24hours transdermal patches | 4 | £445 |
| Sertraline 50mg/5ml oral solution | 3 | £835 |
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 3 | £4 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 3 | £2 |
| Promethazine hydrochloride 10mg tablets | 3 | £7 |
| Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets | 2 | £1 |
| Donepezil 5mg tablets | 2 | £1 |
| Aripiprazole 5mg tablets | 2 | £3 |
| Methylphenidate 5mg tablets | 2 | £4 |
| Sertraline 50mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 2 | £819 |
| Melatonin 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 2 | £37 |
| Sertraline 25mg tablets | 2 | £15 |