Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
REF00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust was ranked 119th of 188 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 867 items dispensed, down 3.7% on a year earlier.
867items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£13,230
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust: hospital prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Hospital prescribing dispensed in the community, to May 2026
Top medicines, May 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 51 | £140 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 49 | £24 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 45 | £85 |
| Hydroxychloroquine 200mg tablets | 33 | £279 |
| Trimovate cream | 23 | £341 |
| Cetraben ointment | 23 | £115 |
| Clobetasol 0.05% ointment | 16 | £56 |
| Estriol 1mg/g vaginal cream with applicator | 12 | £99 |
| Amitriptyline 10mg tablets | 10 | £9 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 10 | £9 |
| Pimecrolimus 1% cream | 10 | £292 |
| Cetraben cream | 9 | £50 |
| Dermol 500 lotion | 9 | £62 |
| Mometasone 0.1% ointment | 8 | £52 |
| Sulfasalazine 500mg tablets | 8 | £102 |