Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
RNS00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust was ranked 45th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 3,841 items dispensed, down 9.5% on a year earlier.
3,841items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£30,037
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Northampton General Hospital NHS 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 160 | £207 |
| Co-trimoxazole 160mg/800mg tablets | 129 | £207 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 121 | £92 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 105 | £46 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 93 | £160 |
| Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension | 87 | £120 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 84 | £115 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 80 | £290 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 73 | £64 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 71 | £167 |
| Metronidazole 400mg tablets | 65 | £61 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 58 | £87 |
| Baclofen 10mg tablets | 53 | £26 |
| Nefopam 30mg tablets | 51 | £89 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 47 | £27 |