The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
RQW00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust was ranked 49th of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 3,759 items dispensed, up 11.0% on a year earlier.
3,759items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£94,552
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 102 | £63 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 96 | £211 |
| Mometasone 50micrograms/dose nasal spray | 83 | £323 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 77 | £225 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 72 | £76 |
| Elidel 1% cream | 65 | £3,557 |
| Tolak 40mg/g cream | 61 | £2,605 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 51 | £101 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 50 | £189 |
| Protopic 0.1% ointment | 45 | £2,598 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 40 | £100 |
| Fucibet cream | 39 | £267 |
| Isotretinoin 10mg capsules | 38 | £1,207 |
| Isotretinoin 20mg capsules | 37 | £1,444 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 34 | £45 |