Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RXM00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 163rd of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 75 items dispensed, down 47.2% on a year earlier.
75items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£9,729
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Derbyshire Healthcare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Melatonin 2mg modified-release tablets | 7 | £53 |
| Risperidone 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 5 | £16 |
| Rivastigmine 4.6mg/24hours transdermal patches | 5 | £440 |
| Rivastigmine 9.5mg/24hours transdermal patches | 5 | £732 |
| Promethazine 5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | 3 | £151 |
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 3 | £7 |
| Sertraline 50mg/5ml oral suspension | 3 | £1,211 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 2 | £2 |
| Aripiprazole 1mg/ml oral solution | 2 | £12 |
| Memantine 20mg tablets | 2 | £2 |
| Fluoxetine 20mg/5ml oral solution | 2 | £56 |
| Fluoxetine 10mg capsules | 2 | £8 |
| Quetiapine 50mg modified-release tablets | 2 | £6 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 2 | £161 |
| Melatonin 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 2 | £56 |