Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RK500 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was the 6th highest-volume of England's 193 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in March 2026, with 10,961 items dispensed, up 3.9% on a year earlier.
10,961items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£117,588
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Sherwood Forest 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 602 | £833 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 328 | £1,351 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 324 | £300 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 321 | £448 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 308 | £772 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 216 | £185 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 193 | £1,289 |
| Oramorph 10mg/5ml oral solution | 188 | £411 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 187 | £259 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 162 | £290 |
| Metronidazole 400mg tablets | 142 | £122 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 136 | £138 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 126 | £2,510 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 118 | £80 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 108 | £74 |