Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RXN00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 147th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 260 items dispensed, down 5.1% on a year earlier.
260items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£11,842
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium fluoride 1.1% dental paste sugar free | 15 | £320 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 6 | £4 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 6 | £2 |
| Advagraf 1mg modified-release capsules | 6 | £430 |
| Lidocaine 700mg medicated plasters | 6 | £829 |
| Azathioprine 50mg tablets | 5 | £1 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 5 | £4 |
| Prednisolone 2.5mg tablets | 5 | £5 |
| Advagraf 5mg modified-release capsules | 5 | £1,335 |
| Bisacodyl 10mg suppositories | 5 | £18 |
| Ryeqo 40mg/1mg/0.5mg tablets | 4 | £821 |
| Glycerol 4g suppositories | 4 | £7 |
| Amitriptyline 10mg tablets | 4 | £2 |
| Advagraf 0.5mg modified-release capsules | 4 | £136 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 4 | £12 |