Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RC900 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was the 8th highest-volume of England's 193 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in March 2026, with 10,566 items dispensed, down 2.0% on a year earlier.
10,566items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£254,151
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: hospital prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Hospital prescribing dispensed in the community, to March 2026
Top medicines, March 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 273 | £315 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 248 | £703 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 246 | £358 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 229 | £454 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 152 | £121 |
| Isotretinoin 20mg capsules | 137 | £6,409 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 93 | £245 |
| Ferrous sulfate 200mg tablets | 92 | £156 |
| Aspirin 75mg tablets | 92 | £622 |
| Fucibet cream | 86 | £783 |
| Bisoprolol 2.5mg tablets | 81 | £51 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 76 | £6,279 |
| Dermol 500 lotion | 75 | £513 |
| Protopic 0.1% ointment | 74 | £3,297 |
| Isotretinoin 10mg capsules | 72 | £2,540 |