Gloucestershire Health And Care NHS Foundation Trust
RTQ00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Gloucestershire Health And Care NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 65th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,826 items dispensed, up 3.5% on a year earlier.
2,826items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£16,257
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Gloucestershire Health And Care 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 | 205 | £355 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 148 | £101 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 144 | £923 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 121 | £130 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 105 | £66 |
| Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 93 | £116 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 76 | £58 |
| Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg tablets | 73 | £112 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 57 | £85 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 55 | £38 |
| Codeine 15mg tablets | 43 | £36 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 39 | £116 |
| Cefalexin 500mg capsules | 38 | £72 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 36 | £20 |
| Salbutamol 100micrograms/dose inhaler CFC free | 35 | £53 |