Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RTF00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 67th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,726 items dispensed, up 11.5% on a year earlier.
2,726items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£63,328
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Northumbria Healthcare 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 | 175 | £278 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 172 | £653 |
| Sulfasalazine 500mg gastro-resistant tablets | 109 | £2,014 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 48 | £118 |
| Hydroxychloroquine 200mg tablets | 40 | £288 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 37 | £1,073 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 31 | £51 |
| Ferrous sulfate 200mg tablets | 27 | £28 |
| Colchicine 500microgram tablets | 26 | £18 |
| Fusidic acid 2% cream | 26 | £51 |
| Clotrimazole 500mg pessaries | 24 | £954 |
| Tinzaparin sodium 4500units/0.45ml inj pre-filled syringes | 24 | £5,195 |
| Amitriptyline 10mg tablets | 24 | £13 |
| Relugolix 120mg tablets | 22 | £3,498 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 20 | £80 |