York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
RCB00 · hospital prescribing dispensed in the community (FP10HP)
York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was ranked 31st of 190 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in May 2026, with 5,095 items dispensed, up 7.6% on a year earlier.
5,095items
Dispensed in May 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£81,681
Actual cost, May 2026
NHSBSA
Figure 1. York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals 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 | 134 | £219 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 126 | £305 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 121 | £68 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 99 | £165 |
| Hylo-Forte 0.2% eye drops preservative free | 96 | £1,045 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 83 | £213 |
| Aspirin 75mg tablets | 73 | £340 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 61 | £60 |
| Ferrous fumarate 210mg tablets | 60 | £87 |
| Exception Handler Unspecified Item | 59 | £750 |
| Metronidazole 400mg tablets | 59 | £55 |
| Co-codamol 30mg/500mg tablets | 52 | £283 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 51 | £44 |
| Doxycycline 100mg capsules | 49 | £78 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 47 | £35 |