Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
RCU00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 134th of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 609 items dispensed, down 16.5% on a year earlier.
609items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£28,978
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium picosulfate 5mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | 17 | £197 |
| Cetirizine 1mg/ml oral solution sugar free | 17 | £150 |
| Picolax oral powder 16.1g sachets | 15 | £52 |
| Movicol Paediatric Plain oral powder 6.9g sachets | 15 | £140 |
| Meflynate XL 10mg capsules | 13 | £248 |
| Salbutamol 100micrograms/dose inhaler CFC free | 12 | £22 |
| Clenil Modulite 100micrograms/dose inhaler | 12 | £92 |
| Intuniv 1mg modified-release tablets | 11 | £379 |
| Delmosart 18mg modified-release tablets | 9 | £88 |
| Equasym XL 10mg capsules | 9 | £155 |
| Delmosart 36mg modified-release tablets | 8 | £192 |
| Azithromycin 200mg/5ml oral suspension | 8 | £221 |
| Meflynate XL 20mg capsules | 8 | £140 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 8 | £894 |
| Elvanse 50mg capsules | 8 | £405 |