Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RHQ00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 125th of 188 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in April 2026, with 774 items dispensed, up 43.6% on a year earlier.
774items
Dispensed in April 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£17,864
Actual cost, April 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: hospital prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Hospital prescribing dispensed in the community, to April 2026
Top medicines, April 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Isotretinoin 20mg capsules | 67 | £4,676 |
| Sodium fluoride 0.619% dental paste sugar free | 45 | £148 |
| Letrozole 2.5mg tablets | 33 | £109 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 23 | £116 |
| Dermovate 0.05% cream | 22 | £101 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 13 | £9 |
| Fexofenadine 180mg tablets | 13 | £99 |
| Dermol 500 lotion | 12 | £112 |
| Lymecycline 408mg capsules | 11 | £123 |
| Balneum Plus cream | 11 | £188 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 11 | £8 |
| Ibandronic acid 50mg tablets | 10 | £444 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 10 | £35 |
| Anastrozole 1mg tablets | 9 | £10 |
| Hydroxyzine 25mg tablets | 9 | £8 |