Bedford Hospital NHS Trust
RC100 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust was an NHS trust in October 2023, with 704 items dispensed, down 68.3% on a year earlier.
704items
Dispensed in October 2023
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£12,900
Actual cost, October 2023
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Bedford Hospital NHS Trust: hospital prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Hospital prescribing dispensed in the community, to October 2023
Top medicines, October 2023
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 31 | £113 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 23 | £32 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 19 | £76 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 18 | £47 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 16 | £56 |
| Efudix 5% cream | 13 | £401 |
| Hydroxychloroquine 200mg tablets | 12 | £79 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 10 | £13 |
| Salbutamol 100micrograms/dose inhaler CFC free | 9 | £14 |
| Topiramate 25mg tablets | 9 | £18 |
| Carbocisteine 375mg capsules | 8 | £54 |
| Topiramate 50mg tablets | 8 | £49 |
| Clenil Modulite 100micrograms/dose inhaler | 7 | £49 |
| Isotretinoin 20mg capsules | 7 | £99 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 7 | £75 |