The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust
RXW00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust was the 16th highest-volume of England's 193 trusts for hospital prescribing dispensed in the community in March 2026, with 7,779 items dispensed, little changed on a year earlier.
7,779items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£111,770
Actual cost, March 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 March 2026
Top medicines, March 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 249 | £329 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 234 | £345 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 212 | £229 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 198 | £678 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 177 | £213 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 170 | £704 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 168 | £268 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 139 | £95 |
| Trimethoprim 200mg tablets | 137 | £376 |
| Maxidex 0.1% eye drops | 107 | £234 |
| Metronidazole 400mg tablets | 105 | £115 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 100 | £296 |
| Tinzaparin sodium 4500units/0.45ml inj pre-filled syringes | 79 | £11,800 |
| Aspirin 75mg tablets | 79 | £215 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 75 | £276 |