Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
RW400 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 70th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,582 items dispensed, down 23.5% on a year earlier.
2,582items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£16,837
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Mersey Care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diazepam 5mg tablets | 203 | £74 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 155 | £78 |
| Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets | 150 | £44 |
| Promethazine hydrochloride 25mg tablets | 98 | £111 |
| Aripiprazole 5mg tablets | 90 | £58 |
| Quetiapine 50mg tablets | 90 | £346 |
| Quetiapine 25mg tablets | 83 | £37 |
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 74 | £43 |
| Mirtazapine 15mg tablets | 70 | £53 |
| Aripiprazole 10mg tablets | 65 | £53 |
| Quetiapine 100mg tablets | 60 | £53 |
| Olanzapine 5mg tablets | 48 | £43 |
| Zopiclone 3.75mg tablets | 46 | £15 |
| Sertraline 100mg tablets | 42 | £32 |
| Olanzapine 10mg tablets | 41 | £27 |