The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
RFR00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 88th of 188 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 1,782 items dispensed, down 4.9% on a year earlier.
1,782items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£12,081
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. The Rotherham 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 172 | £234 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 154 | £792 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 63 | £106 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 50 | £125 |
| Lansoprazole 30mg gastro-resistant capsules | 39 | £33 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 38 | £45 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 38 | £35 |
| Clarithromycin 500mg tablets | 30 | £48 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 30 | £90 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 28 | £32 |
| Maxidex 0.1% eye drops | 22 | £37 |
| Metronidazole 400mg tablets | 21 | £19 |
| Nitrofurantoin 50mg capsules | 20 | £15 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 18 | £17 |
| Lidocaine 700mg medicated plasters | 18 | £438 |