East And North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
RWH00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
East And North Hertfordshire NHS Trust was ranked 53rd of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 3,413 items dispensed, down 10.6% on a year earlier.
3,413items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£34,725
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. East And North Hertfordshire NHS 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 161 | £131 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 153 | £210 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 148 | £110 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 126 | £222 |
| Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension | 121 | £170 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 95 | £88 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 86 | £661 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 63 | £125 |
| Co-dydramol 10mg/500mg tablets | 62 | £76 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 58 | £30 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 56 | £85 |
| Fucibet cream | 41 | £328 |
| Methocarbamol 750mg tablets | 40 | £84 |
| Elocon 0.1% ointment | 39 | £330 |
| Fexofenadine 180mg tablets | 39 | £144 |