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 188 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in April 2026, with 9,860 items dispensed, up 22.6% on a year earlier.
9,860items
Dispensed in April 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£120,403
Actual cost, April 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Sherwood Forest 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 646 | £959 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 324 | £1,412 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 301 | £303 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 290 | £827 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 242 | £345 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 197 | £234 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 184 | £337 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 171 | £721 |
| Oramorph 10mg/5ml oral solution | 159 | £343 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 150 | £1,027 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 135 | £1,757 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 129 | £117 |
| Metronidazole 400mg tablets | 111 | £114 |
| Aspirin 75mg tablets | 96 | £302 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 93 | £140 |