Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
RDR00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 163rd of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 106 items dispensed, down 40.8% on a year earlier.
106items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£1,170
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Sussex Community 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 16 | £8 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 14 | £37 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 12 | £20 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 5 | £6 |
| Sulfasalazine 500mg gastro-resistant tablets | 4 | £79 |
| Hydroxychloroquine 200mg tablets | 3 | £17 |
| Hydroxychloroquine 300mg tablets | 2 | £103 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 2 | £15 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 2 | £6 |
| Flucloxacillin 250mg/5ml oral solution | 2 | £5 |
| Nitrofurantoin 100mg modified-release capsules | 2 | £18 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 2 | £1 |
| Celecoxib 100mg capsules | 2 | £6 |
| Prednisolone 2.5mg tablets | 2 | £4 |
| Leflunomide 10mg tablets | 2 | £56 |