Gloucestershire Health And Care NHS Foundation Trust
RTQ00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Gloucestershire Health And Care NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 58th of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 3,282 items dispensed, up 9.6% on a year earlier.
3,282items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£17,753
Actual cost, May 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 May 2026
Top medicines, May 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 303 | £579 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 163 | £1,120 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 148 | £116 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 142 | £179 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 115 | £104 |
| Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg tablets | 94 | £197 |
| Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free | 91 | £109 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 68 | £109 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 67 | £47 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 64 | £53 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 59 | £34 |
| Dexamethasone 0.1%/Neomycin 0.5%/Acetic acid (glacial) 2% | 50 | £416 |
| Trimethoprim 200mg tablets | 47 | £128 |
| Cefalexin 500mg capsules | 43 | £68 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 41 | £128 |