Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
RTP00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was ranked 112th of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 1,211 items dispensed, down 17.7% on a year earlier.
1,211items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£21,024
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrous sulfate 200mg tablets | 55 | £113 |
| Avamys 27.5micrograms/dose nasal spray | 51 | £337 |
| Aspirin 75mg tablets | 36 | £164 |
| Naseptin nasal cream | 30 | £57 |
| Mometasone 50micrograms/dose nasal spray | 27 | £82 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 25 | £11 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 24 | £49 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 24 | £41 |
| Metformin 500mg modified-release tablets | 24 | £24 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 23 | £20 |
| Otovent glue ear treatment | 21 | £131 |
| Betamethasone 0.1% ear/eye/nose drops | 21 | £62 |
| Betnesol 0.1% eye/ear/nose drops | 19 | £42 |
| Vagifem 10microgram vaginal tablets | 19 | £251 |
| Nitrofurantoin 50mg tablets | 17 | £60 |