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 28th of 193 trusts by hospital prescribing volume in March 2026, with 5,370 items dispensed, up 14.4% on a year earlier.
5,370items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Hospital prescribing in the community
£93,926
Actual cost, March 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 March 2026
Top medicines, March 2026
Most-dispensed medicines prescribed by this trust and dispensed in the community.
| Medicine | Items | Actual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone 5mg tablets | 152 | £253 |
| Folic acid 5mg tablets | 134 | £81 |
| Flucloxacillin 500mg capsules | 131 | £333 |
| Methotrexate 2.5mg tablets | 101 | £216 |
| Hylo-Forte 0.2% eye drops preservative free | 96 | £968 |
| Codeine 30mg tablets | 87 | £131 |
| Amoxicillin 500mg capsules | 72 | £59 |
| Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml eye drops | 69 | £143 |
| Tramadol 50mg capsules | 64 | £58 |
| Naproxen 500mg tablets | 64 | £57 |
| Diazepam 2mg tablets | 61 | £20 |
| Omeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant capsules | 61 | £36 |
| Metronidazole 400mg tablets | 55 | £57 |
| Aspirin 75mg tablets | 52 | £324 |
| Pred Forte 1% eye drops | 48 | £132 |