Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
RBD00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 63rd of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,872 items dispensed, up 16.5% on a year earlier.
2,872items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£60,920
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Dorset County 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Plenvu oral powder sachets | 246 | £4,003 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 73 | £76 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 50 | £139 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 43 | £106 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 40 | £30 |
| Clopidogrel 75mg tablets | 36 | £30 |
| Trimethoprim 200mg tablets | 36 | £265 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 31 | £67 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 29 | £219 |
| Dexafree 1mg/1ml eye drops 0.4ml unit dose | 28 | £870 |
| Dapagliflozin 10mg tablets | 28 | £228 |
| Tolak 40mg/g cream | 28 | £781 |
| Morphine sulfate 10mg/5ml oral solution | 27 | £64 |
| Picolax oral powder 16.1g sachets | 22 | £86 |
| Alfacalcidol 250nanogram capsules | 22 | £54 |