East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
RXC00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was ranked 44th of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 4,031 items dispensed, down 3.4% on a year earlier.
4,031items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£63,762
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. East Sussex Healthcare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 156 | £238 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 138 | £639 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 121 | £241 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 84 | £52 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 67 | £21 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 66 | £55 |
| Morphine sulfate 10mg/5ml oral solution | 62 | £139 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 54 | £206 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 49 | £197 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 49 | £115 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 48 | £42 |
| Prochlorperazine 5mg tablets | 44 | £29 |
| Oramorph 10mg/5ml oral solution | 39 | £98 |
| Hydroxychloroquine 200mg tablets | 33 | £373 |
| Sando-K effervescent tablets | 33 | £174 |