Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
REF00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust was ranked 118th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 924 items dispensed, up 4.2% on a year earlier.
924items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£13,622
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Royal Cornwall Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 45 | £86 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 45 | £22 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 42 | £86 |
| Cetraben ointment | 23 | £114 |
| Clobetasol 0.05% ointment | 21 | £71 |
| Hydroxychloroquine 200mg tablets | 17 | £81 |
| Trimovate cream | 17 | £257 |
| Pimecrolimus 1% cream | 10 | £275 |
| Dermol 500 lotion | 10 | £68 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 10 | £6 |
| Cetraben cream | 10 | £54 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 10 | £28 |
| Estriol 1mg/g vaginal cream with applicator | 10 | £93 |
| Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment | 9 | £413 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 9 | £74 |