Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
RBA00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust was an NHS trust in August 2020, with 1,494 items dispensed, down 21.8% on a year earlier.
1,494items
Dispensed in August 2020
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£93,069
Actual cost, August 2020
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust: hospital prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Hospital prescribing dispensed in the community, to August 2020
Top medicines, August 2020
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 43 | £218 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 42 | £43 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 34 | £93 |
| Mycophenolate mofetil 500mg tablets | 31 | £1,386 |
| Ciprofloxacin 500mg tablets | 30 | £71 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 30 | £112 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 28 | £28 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 26 | £62 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 25 | £85 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 24 | £44 |
| Metronidazole 400mg tablets | 23 | £81 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 21 | £1,189 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 19 | £126 |
| Co-trimoxazole 160mg/800mg tablets | 18 | £63 |
| Somatuline Autogel 120mg/0.5ml inj pfs with safety system | 15 | £13,940 |