Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service Trust
RHU00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service Trust was ranked 82nd of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 2,140 items dispensed, up 3.1% on a year earlier.
2,140items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£39,071
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Portsmouth Hospitals University National Health Service 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-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 160 | £890 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 118 | £268 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 93 | £137 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 63 | £56 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 61 | £143 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 58 | £37 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 48 | £297 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 40 | £53 |
| Ciprofloxacin 0.3% / Dexamethasone 0.1% ear drops | 35 | £216 |
| Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension | 35 | £57 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 29 | £117 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 26 | £1,062 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 21 | £33 |
| Lidocaine 700mg medicated plasters | 21 | £530 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 20 | £18 |