Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
RH500 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust was the 18th highest-volume of England's 193 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in March 2026, with 7,079 items dispensed, up 33.3% on a year earlier.
7,079items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£210,394
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Somerset 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 151 | £276 |
| Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets | 99 | £37 |
| Melatonin 2mg modified-release tablets | 82 | £450 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 82 | £47 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 81 | £164 |
| Sertraline 50mg tablets | 81 | £55 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 78 | £58 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 78 | £69 |
| Diazepam 5mg tablets | 74 | £36 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 73 | £163 |
| Quetiapine 25mg tablets | 73 | £53 |
| Olanzapine 5mg tablets | 67 | £73 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 63 | £167 |
| Isotretinoin 20mg capsules | 62 | £6,179 |
| Mirtazapine 15mg tablets | 60 | £54 |