The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RTD00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 105th of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 1,383 items dispensed, down 16.9% on a year earlier.
1,383items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£35,335
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 49 | £216 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 43 | £55 |
| Isotretinoin 20mg capsules | 43 | £4,975 |
| Softacort 3.35mg/ml eye drops 0.4ml unit dose | 40 | £3,259 |
| Mometasone 50micrograms/dose nasal spray | 31 | £140 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 23 | £115 |
| Isotretinoin 10mg capsules | 20 | £1,004 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 20 | £30 |
| Dymista 137micrograms/dose / 50micrograms/dose nasal spray | 20 | £549 |
| Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml eye drops | 19 | £42 |
| Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg tablets | 19 | £32 |
| Dermol 500 lotion | 18 | £112 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 16 | £513 |
| Oramorph 10mg/5ml oral solution | 16 | £36 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 15 | £33 |