The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
RQW00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust was ranked 42nd of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 4,161 items dispensed, up 29.0% on a year earlier.
4,161items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£98,251
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS 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 | 118 | £78 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 100 | £216 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 92 | £223 |
| Mometasone 50micrograms/dose nasal spray | 75 | £322 |
| Tolak 40mg/g cream | 70 | £2,543 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 66 | £57 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 66 | £94 |
| Elidel 1% cream | 62 | £2,563 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 51 | £126 |
| Protopic 0.1% ointment | 44 | £2,332 |
| Isotretinoin 10mg capsules | 41 | £1,151 |
| Isotretinoin 20mg capsules | 38 | £1,331 |
| Tranexamic acid 500mg tablets | 33 | £54 |
| Dermol 500 lotion | 31 | £192 |
| Dymista 137micrograms/dose / 50micrograms/dose nasal spray | 29 | £647 |