Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RK500 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was the 10th highest-volume of England's 190 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in May 2026, with 9,535 items dispensed, down 5.1% on a year earlier.
9,535items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£115,106
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Sherwood Forest Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 550 | £824 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 322 | £1,339 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 317 | £802 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 276 | £392 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 273 | £245 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 202 | £194 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 180 | £314 |
| Oramorph 10mg/5ml oral solution | 171 | £386 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 161 | £1,074 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 142 | £472 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 125 | £115 |
| Metronidazole 400mg tablets | 118 | £100 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 107 | £76 |
| Cyclizine 50mg tablets | 93 | £108 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 91 | £85 |