University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust
RTG00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 47th of 188 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in April 2026, with 3,689 items dispensed, up 7.4% on a year earlier.
3,689items
Dispensed in April 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£55,810
Actual cost, April 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oramorph 10mg/5ml oral solution | 84 | £200 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 81 | £98 |
| Evolve HA 0.2% eye drops preservative free | 63 | £639 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 59 | £201 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 58 | £249 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 57 | £76 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 56 | £34 |
| Dexamethasone 0.1% eye drops | 49 | £118 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 45 | £65 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 43 | £89 |
| Softacort 3.35mg/ml eye drops 0.4ml unit dose | 43 | £1,053 |
| Xailin Night eye ointment preservative free | 40 | £163 |
| Pred Forte 1% eye drops | 39 | £134 |
| Morphine sulfate 10mg/5ml oral solution | 38 | £95 |
| Amlodipine 5mg tablets | 35 | £13 |