Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RTF00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 61st of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 3,092 items dispensed, up 23.7% on a year earlier.
3,092items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£59,000
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Northumbria 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 230 | £346 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 213 | £955 |
| Sulfasalazine 500mg gastro-resistant tablets | 97 | £1,847 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 60 | £147 |
| Ferrous sulfate 200mg tablets | 49 | £70 |
| Hydroxychloroquine 200mg tablets | 45 | £440 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 42 | £42 |
| Ferrous fumarate 210mg tablets | 33 | £64 |
| Colchicine 500microgram tablets | 32 | £19 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 30 | £52 |
| Sharpsguard disposal unit 1 litre | 30 | £39 |
| Tinzaparin sodium 4500units/0.45ml inj pre-filled syringes | 27 | £5,640 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 27 | £168 |
| Colecalciferol 20000unit capsules | 26 | £296 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 25 | £17 |