Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RP100 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 98th of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 1,485 items dispensed, up 1.2% on a year earlier.
1,485items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£29,136
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Northamptonshire Healthcare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Melatonin 2mg modified-release tablets | 64 | £241 |
| Promethazine hydrochloride 25mg tablets | 44 | £56 |
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 43 | £47 |
| Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets | 32 | £10 |
| Methylphenidate 5mg tablets | 30 | £135 |
| Sertraline 25mg tablets | 30 | £133 |
| Promethazine hydrochloride 10mg tablets | 27 | £46 |
| Quetiapine 25mg tablets | 27 | £14 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 27 | £14 |
| Elvanse 30mg capsules | 25 | £1,417 |
| Aripiprazole 5mg tablets | 25 | £16 |
| Xaggitin XL 18mg tablets | 24 | £331 |
| Memantine 20mg tablets | 24 | £36 |
| Sertraline 100mg tablets | 23 | £24 |
| Diazepam 5mg tablets | 22 | £8 |