Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Payment of NHS Trust Suppliers
For the period between June 2022 and January 2023, please provide the statistics as follows:
The average number of days taken to make payments to suppliers, measured from the date of receipt of invoice or other notice to the date the cash is received by the supplier
The percentage of payments made within the reporting period which were paid in 30 days or fewer, between 31 and 60 days, and in 61 days or longer
The percentage of payments due within the reporting period which were not paid within the agreed payment period
We do not record the data in a manner to respond as specified in the request but the following data is already publically available for the period.
Jun-22 Jul-22 Aug-22 Sep-22 Oct-22 Nov-22 Dec-22 Jan-23
NHS Target for paid within 30 days 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0%
% Value paid in 7 days 84.4% 84.5% 84.2% 85.1% 86.7% 86.1% 86.3% 87.2%
% Value paid in 30 days 94.5% 94.5% 93.8% 94.4% 95.2% 95.1% 95.6% 96.0%
% Value paid over 30 days 5.5% 5.5% 6.2% 5.6% 4.8% 4.9% 4.4% 4.0%
NHS Target for paid within 30 days 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0%
% number paid in 7 days 76.6% 75.6% 76.3% 77.1% 77.6% 77.0% 76.9% 77.7%
% number paid in 30 days 95.8% 95.8% 95.4% 95.5% 95.6% 95.6% 95.8% 95.7%
% number paid over 30 days 4.2% 4.2% 4.6% 4.5% 4.4% 4.4% 4.2% 4.3%