Hospitals ‘regularly break the law’ by not paying invoices on time

NHS Trust Non-NHS invoices paid later than 30 days Value of late payments (m) Medway NHS Foundation Trust 95% 93.7 Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust 89% 56.2 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 88% 192.1 York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 88% 144.3 Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 87% 104.5 The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 86% 70.0 Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 86% 148.4 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 85% 45.2 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust 84% 114.2 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust 84% 42.1 The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 82% 70.3 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 81% 114.9 Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust 81% 52.6 West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 79% 120.0 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 79% 311.7 Airedale NHS Foundation Trust 77% 35.9 Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust 74% 170.9 South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 73% 138.3 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 71% 209.7 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust 71% 76.1 Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 70% 111.1 Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 70% 40.5 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust 69% 144.2 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 68% 92.6 North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust 68% 55.0 The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust 67% 82.7 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 65% 404.6 North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 65% 48.5 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 63% 58.6 The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust 62% 137.2 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 60% 8.0 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 60% 43.0 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 58% 86.2 Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 58% 39.5 St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 57% 187.5 The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 56% 84.3 Wye Valley NHS Trust 55% 40.0 Hull And East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 54% 124.9 Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 54% 57.8 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust 54% 63.9 Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust 53% 67.1 Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 53% 55.2 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust 52% 18.6 Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust 51% 67.4 James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 48% 22.5 Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 47% 51.3 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 47% 39.3 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust 47% 26.0 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 47% 223.0 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust 46% 164.0 The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 46% 49.6 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust 45% 25.1 Sandwell And West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 45% 58.5 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 44% 39.9 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust 43% 42.9 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust 42% 43.2 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 36% 25.0 Southport And Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust 36% 26.1 Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 36% 59.7 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 36% 72.8 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 35% 212.7 North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 35% 40.3 Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 34% 29.0 Barts Health NHS Trust 34% 162.5 East And North Hertfordshire NHS Trust 32% 60.0 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 30% 70.6 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 29% 59.7 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust 28% 49.5 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust 27% 59.9 Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 26% 26.4 United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 25% 52.2 Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 24% 33.1 Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 24% 11.0 Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 24% 21.4 North Bristol NHS Trust 23% 63.7 Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 23% 23.2 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 23% 18.2 The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 23% 140.5 Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 23% 28.1 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 21% 39.6 University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust 20% 37.6 Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 20% 22.4 Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 20% 19.2 Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 20% 14.6 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust 19% 51.0 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 19% 26.3 Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 19% 164.2 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 18% 15.5 Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust 18% 74.6 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 18% 109.1 South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust 17% 25.4 Bedford Hospital NHS Trust 17% 7.7 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 17% 57.1 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 17% 33.7 Isle of Wight NHS Trust 16% 15.3 The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 16% 21.7 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 15% 34.0 Stockport NHS Foundation Trust 15% 12.1 North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust 14% 19.5 London North West Healthcare NHS Trust 13% 17.7 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 13% 44.5 Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 13% 22.0 The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 12% 3.1 Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 12% 11.6 Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust 11% 28.3 The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 11% 27.7 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 11% 53.4 Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust 10% 28.5 Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 10% 9.8 The Whittington Health NHS Trust 10% 11.1 East Cheshire NHS Trust 10% 4.2 Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust 9% 11.2 The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 9% 44.1 King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 9% 38.8 St Helens And Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 9% 5.1 Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 8% 6.6 University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust 8% 31.2 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 7% 13.9 Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust 7% 8.2 Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 7% 7.2 Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 6% 10.5 Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 6% 13.3 City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust 6% 3.7 The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust 6% 2.5 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5% 17.0 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 5% 7.3 University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust 5% 7.3 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 5% 7.5 University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust 4% 16.7 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 4% 12.6 South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust 4% 2.2 Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4% 2.9 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust 3% 3.0 Weston Area Health NHS Trust 2% 0.8 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2% 2.6 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 2% 6.4 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 2% 3.4

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