Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
RNS00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust was ranked 42nd of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 4,195 items dispensed, up 19.5% on a year earlier.
4,195items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£30,003
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Northampton General Hospital NHS 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 160 | £245 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 131 | £112 |
| Co-trimoxazole 160mg/800mg tablets | 120 | £192 |
| Nefopam 30mg tablets | 116 | £300 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 112 | £277 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 94 | £45 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 86 | £295 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 85 | £143 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 82 | £53 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 81 | £72 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 80 | £132 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 75 | £119 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 59 | £639 |
| Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension | 56 | £87 |
| Baclofen 10mg tablets | 53 | £31 |