Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
RBL00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 79th of 188 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 2,155 items dispensed, little changed on a year earlier.
2,155items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£53,523
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Wirral University Teaching Hospital 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thealoz Duo eye drops preservative free | 74 | £1,283 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 70 | £139 |
| Pred Forte 1% eye drops | 62 | £228 |
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 61 | £98 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 51 | £114 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 42 | £108 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 32 | £42 |
| Softacort 3.35mg/ml eye drops 0.4ml unit dose | 28 | £882 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 28 | £1,181 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 26 | £101 |
| Mirabegron 50mg modified-release tablets | 25 | £1,457 |
| Relugolix 120mg tablets | 22 | £5,685 |
| Tamsulosin 400microgram modified-release capsules | 21 | £32 |
| Levofloxacin 5mg/ml eye drops | 21 | £266 |
| Trimethoprim 200mg tablets | 20 | £80 |