Wrightington Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
RRF00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
Wrightington Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 77th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 2,346 items dispensed, up 7.1% on a year earlier.
2,346items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£19,956
Actual cost, March 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. Wrightington Wigan And Leigh NHS Foundation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Co-amoxiclav 500mg/125mg tablets | 174 | £200 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 89 | £270 |
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 52 | £48 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 49 | £38 |
| Pred Forte 1% eye drops | 44 | £129 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 43 | £43 |
| Amoxicillin 250mg/5ml oral suspension | 41 | £49 |
| Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment | 41 | £216 |
| Melatonin 2mg modified-release tablets | 39 | £340 |
| Difflam 0.15% spray | 36 | £163 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 36 | £75 |
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 33 | £47 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 32 | £16 |
| Evolve HA 0.2% eye drops preservative free | 31 | £186 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 30 | £31 |