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 98th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 1,596 items dispensed, down 2.0% on a year earlier.
1,596items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£47,891
Actual cost, March 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 March 2026
Top medicines, March 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 75 | £246 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 72 | £97 |
| Isotretinoin 20mg capsules | 62 | £5,064 |
| Softacort 3.35mg/ml eye drops 0.4ml unit dose | 39 | £3,280 |
| Isotretinoin 10mg capsules | 39 | £1,897 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 26 | £42 |
| Oramorph 10mg/5ml oral solution | 26 | £54 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 25 | £63 |
| Tolak 40mg/g cream | 24 | £756 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 19 | £582 |
| Dymista 137micrograms/dose / 50micrograms/dose nasal spray | 19 | £647 |
| Dermol 500 lotion | 18 | £112 |
| Acitretin 10mg capsules | 18 | £968 |
| Mometasone 50micrograms/dose nasal spray | 17 | £92 |
| Hydromol ointment | 17 | £95 |