Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
RMC00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 30th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 5,228 items dispensed, up 11.5% on a year earlier.
5,228items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£51,497
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Bolton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 170 | £108 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 158 | £204 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 152 | £568 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 151 | £110 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 148 | £187 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 125 | £155 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 96 | £81 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 95 | £211 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 94 | £82 |
| Prednisolone acetate 1% eye drops | 78 | £252 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 75 | £146 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 65 | £431 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 64 | £95 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant tablets | 61 | £219 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 56 | £192 |