Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
RW500 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust was the 12th highest-volume of England's 190 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in May 2026, with 9,237 items dispensed, up 11.3% on a year earlier.
9,237items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£101,639
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Lancashire & South Cumbria 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aripiprazole 10mg tablets | 256 | £886 |
| Aripiprazole 5mg tablets | 247 | £292 |
| Quetiapine 50mg tablets | 238 | £1,268 |
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 227 | £246 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 222 | £91 |
| Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets | 206 | £64 |
| Mirtazapine 15mg tablets | 195 | £165 |
| Quetiapine 100mg tablets | 193 | £194 |
| Quetiapine 25mg tablets | 171 | £129 |
| Promethazine hydrochloride 25mg tablets | 164 | £199 |
| Memantine 10mg tablets | 154 | £160 |
| Olanzapine 10mg tablets | 153 | £227 |
| Olanzapine 5mg tablets | 150 | £194 |
| Memantine 20mg tablets | 149 | £188 |
| Priadel 400mg modified-release tablets | 144 | £832 |