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 193 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in March 2026, with 9,269 items dispensed, up 28.3% on a year earlier.
9,269items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£99,409
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Lancashire & South Cumbria 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aripiprazole 10mg tablets | 292 | £664 |
| Quetiapine 50mg tablets | 259 | £1,535 |
| Aripiprazole 5mg tablets | 257 | £214 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 235 | £94 |
| Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets | 219 | £66 |
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 197 | £122 |
| Memantine 10mg tablets | 191 | £190 |
| Mirtazapine 15mg tablets | 189 | £155 |
| Quetiapine 100mg tablets | 159 | £188 |
| Olanzapine 10mg tablets | 159 | £453 |
| Promethazine hydrochloride 25mg tablets | 156 | £161 |
| Memantine 20mg tablets | 153 | £215 |
| Donepezil 10mg tablets | 148 | £160 |
| Quetiapine 25mg tablets | 144 | £157 |
| Lamotrigine 50mg tablets | 140 | £191 |