Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
RR700 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 145th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 352 items dispensed, up 44.9% on a year earlier.
352items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£5,184
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Gateshead Health NHS Foundation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 42 | £86 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 17 | £12 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 16 | £13 |
| Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg tablets | 10 | £13 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 8 | £37 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 7 | £10 |
| Sacubitril 49mg / Valsartan 51mg tablets | 6 | £504 |
| Eplerenone 50mg tablets | 6 | £19 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 6 | £5 |
| Hiprex 1g tablets | 6 | £101 |
| Sacubitril 24mg / Valsartan 26mg tablets | 6 | £549 |
| Flupentixol 1mg tablets | 5 | £5 |
| Tibolone 2.5mg tablets | 5 | £84 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 5 | £35 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 5 | £3 |