West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
RGR00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 137th of 188 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 452 items dispensed, up 58.6% on a year earlier.
452items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£8,067
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust: hospital prescribing items by month
Source: NHSBSA Hospital prescribing dispensed in the community, to May 2026
Top medicines, May 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 20 | £37 |
| Protopic 0.1% ointment | 14 | £561 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 14 | £54 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 9 | £6 |
| Tolak 40mg/g cream | 9 | £364 |
| Fucibet cream | 8 | £66 |
| Hydroxyzine 25mg tablets | 8 | £17 |
| Elocon 0.1% ointment | 8 | £77 |
| Mometasone 0.1% ointment | 7 | £90 |
| Dermovate 0.05% ointment | 7 | £33 |
| Dermol 500 lotion | 7 | £43 |
| Fexofenadine 180mg tablets | 6 | £68 |
| Balneum Plus cream | 5 | £71 |
| Clindamycin 1% aqueous lotion | 5 | £24 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 5 | £13 |