East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
RXR00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was ranked 137th of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 546 items dispensed, down 5.4% on a year earlier.
546items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£6,349
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. East Lancashire Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin 0.3% / Dexamethasone 0.1% ear drops | 39 | £355 |
| Mometasone 50micrograms/dose nasal spray | 26 | £85 |
| Hylo-Forte 0.2% eye drops preservative free | 22 | £291 |
| Naseptin nasal cream | 18 | £42 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 14 | £29 |
| Cyclopentolate 1% eye drops | 14 | £113 |
| Pred Forte 1% eye drops | 14 | £38 |
| Maxitrol eye ointment | 14 | £30 |
| Chloramphenicol 0.5% eye drops | 9 | £25 |
| Trimethoprim 50mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 9 | £94 |
| Maxitrol eye drops | 9 | £14 |
| Betamethasone 0.1% ear/eye/nose drops | 9 | £28 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 8 | £11 |
| Flixonase 50micrograms/dose aqueous nasal spray | 8 | £115 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 8 | £23 |