Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
RH500 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust was the 18th highest-volume of England's 190 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in May 2026, with 7,081 items dispensed, up 29.8% on a year earlier.
7,081items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£190,124
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Somerset 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 159 | £302 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 92 | £48 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 91 | £153 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 90 | £59 |
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 76 | £83 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 75 | £178 |
| Melatonin 2mg modified-release tablets | 75 | £474 |
| Olanzapine 5mg tablets | 75 | £81 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 73 | £40 |
| Mycophenolate mofetil 500mg tablets | 69 | £1,835 |
| Mirtazapine 15mg tablets | 67 | £72 |
| Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets | 66 | £25 |
| Promethazine hydrochloride 25mg tablets | 65 | £77 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 64 | £239 |
| Quetiapine 25mg tablets | 62 | £50 |