NHS Trust Supplier Payments With Full Transaction History Since 2014

Monthly financial transactions with suppliers and external contractors made by the Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. The data includes all transactions from April 2014 onward, following a policy change from initially reporting only payments exceeding £25,000. This dataset is published by the NHS Trust as part of the UK government's commitment to expenditure transparency.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in supplier payment amounts over time to identify seasonal spending patterns or cost inflation.
• Mapping the distribution of payments across different supplier categories or service types.
• Investigating changes in procurement volume and value before and after the April 2014 policy shift to include all transactions.
• Correlating payment dates with fiscal reporting periods for cash flow analysis.

Strengths

• Provides a continuous monthly record from at least April 2014, offering over a decade of longitudinal data.
• Includes all transaction values after April 2014, eliminating a threshold bias present in earlier records.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and individual transaction amounts are unknown from the provided description.
• The initial data (pre-April 2014) is incomplete, only covering transactions over £25,000, creating a historical bias.

Provenance

Source

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust.

Collection Method

Administrative records of financial transactions with suppliers and external contractors.

Time Range

From at least April 2014 onward, with earlier partial records.

Freshness

Updated monthly, with a last recorded update in April 2026.

Geography

Transactions made by the Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust in the United Kingdom.