Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RN300 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 111th of 188 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 1,329 items dispensed, up 13.1% on a year earlier.
1,329items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£14,681
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Great Western Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 57 | £22 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 51 | £355 |
| Naproxen 250mg tablets | 50 | £31 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 50 | £67 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 48 | £34 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 40 | £71 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 31 | £39 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 31 | £49 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 26 | £23 |
| Cefalexin 500mg capsules | 26 | £35 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 23 | £60 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 14 | £4 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 14 | £12 |
| Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml eye dps 0.2ml ud preserv free | 14 | £105 |
| Ciprofloxacin 500mg tablets | 13 | £65 |