Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
RBK00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust was ranked 59th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 3,167 items dispensed, down 7.4% on a year earlier.
3,167items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£69,829
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Walsall Healthcare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 121 | £86 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 64 | £187 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 63 | £100 |
| Hydroxychloroquine 200mg tablets | 52 | £268 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 50 | £34 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 43 | £128 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 41 | £129 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 38 | £248 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 33 | £57 |
| Flixonase 50micrograms/dose aqueous nasal spray | 31 | £649 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 30 | £40 |
| Tolak 40mg/g cream | 30 | £1,008 |
| Mometasone 50micrograms/dose nasal spray | 29 | £126 |
| Protopic 0.1% ointment | 29 | £1,406 |
| Dymista 137micrograms/dose / 50micrograms/dose nasal spray | 29 | £802 |