Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
RBD00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 64th of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 2,893 items dispensed, up 6.4% on a year earlier.
2,893items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£61,004
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Dorset County Hospital 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Plenvu oral powder sachets | 190 | £2,740 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 71 | £153 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 62 | £65 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 49 | £174 |
| Dexafree 1mg/1ml eye drops 0.4ml unit dose | 41 | £1,307 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 38 | £28 |
| Dapagliflozin 10mg tablets | 38 | £268 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 37 | £680 |
| Clopidogrel 75mg tablets | 37 | £33 |
| Morphine sulfate 10mg/5ml oral solution | 35 | £70 |
| Tolak 40mg/g cream | 33 | £952 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 33 | £57 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 26 | £21 |
| Sterimar 31.8% isotonic nasal spray | 26 | £177 |
| Picolax oral powder 16.1g sachets | 23 | £97 |