The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust
RXW00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust was the 14th highest-volume of England's 188 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in April 2026, with 7,860 items dispensed, down 3.3% on a year earlier.
7,860items
Dispensed in April 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£113,579
Actual cost, April 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust: hospital prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Hospital prescribing dispensed in the community, to April 2026
Top medicines, April 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 282 | £399 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 256 | £386 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 225 | £769 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 223 | £285 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 206 | £762 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 186 | £201 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 181 | £124 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 178 | £362 |
| Trimethoprim 200mg tablets | 152 | £405 |
| Maxidex 0.1% eye drops | 126 | £289 |
| Metronidazole 400mg tablets | 102 | £107 |
| Tinzaparin sodium 4500units/0.45ml inj pre-filled syringes | 100 | £10,553 |
| Aspirin 75mg tablets | 87 | £263 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 82 | £485 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 78 | £266 |