West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
RWG00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust was ranked 23rd of 188 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in April 2026, with 5,950 items dispensed, up 11.2% on a year earlier.
5,950items
Dispensed in April 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£145,307
Actual cost, April 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. West Hertfordshire Hospitals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 158 | £141 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 115 | £247 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 113 | £126 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 104 | £478 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 83 | £135 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 71 | £250 |
| Dermol 500 lotion | 70 | £496 |
| Mometasone 0.1% ointment | 68 | £840 |
| Tolak 40mg/g cream | 64 | £2,017 |
| Clopidogrel 75mg tablets | 63 | £44 |
| Omeprazole 40mg gastro-resistant capsules | 53 | £177 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 44 | £204 |
| Hydroxychloroquine 200mg tablets | 43 | £365 |
| Protopic 0.1% ointment | 43 | £2,174 |
| Maxidex 0.1% eye drops | 40 | £83 |