Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
RW400 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 69th of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 2,737 items dispensed, up 22.3% on a year earlier.
2,737items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£19,556
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Mersey 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diazepam 5mg tablets | 210 | £74 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 184 | £79 |
| Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets | 150 | £43 |
| Quetiapine 50mg tablets | 111 | £394 |
| Promethazine hydrochloride 25mg tablets | 97 | £89 |
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 85 | £84 |
| Aripiprazole 5mg tablets | 85 | £66 |
| Aripiprazole 10mg tablets | 75 | £130 |
| Mirtazapine 15mg tablets | 68 | £62 |
| Quetiapine 25mg tablets | 62 | £38 |
| Olanzapine 10mg tablets | 61 | £70 |
| Olanzapine 5mg tablets | 59 | £64 |
| Quetiapine 100mg tablets | 53 | £48 |
| Sertraline 100mg tablets | 50 | £58 |
| Procyclidine 5mg tablets | 49 | £64 |