Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RTE00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was the 11th highest-volume of England's 193 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in March 2026, with 9,544 items dispensed, up 6.3% on a year earlier.
9,544items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£233,335
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Gloucestershire Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 268 | £575 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 215 | £174 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 150 | £158 |
| Dermovate 0.05% ointment | 122 | £586 |
| Bisoprolol 2.5mg tablets | 110 | £49 |
| Xailin Night eye ointment preservative free | 106 | £493 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 99 | £240 |
| QV Gentle wash | 90 | £522 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 89 | £282 |
| Pred Forte 1% eye drops | 85 | £295 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 77 | £97 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 75 | £128 |
| Xailin Plus HA 0.2% eye drops preservative free | 73 | £562 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 70 | £164 |
| Amitriptyline 10mg tablets | 70 | £43 |