East And North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
RWH00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
East And North Hertfordshire NHS Trust was ranked 59th of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 3,246 items dispensed, down 8.9% on a year earlier.
3,246items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£34,911
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. East And North Hertfordshire NHS 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 191 | £356 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 150 | £134 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 117 | £947 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 107 | £101 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 107 | £103 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 102 | £158 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 77 | £120 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 70 | £35 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 70 | £131 |
| Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension | 70 | £111 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 51 | £530 |
| Co-dydramol 10mg/500mg tablets | 44 | £46 |
| Fucibet cream | 39 | £298 |
| Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg tablets | 36 | £72 |
| Co-codamol 15mg/500mg tablets | 35 | £60 |