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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board: Pay
Last updated September 2026 · Independent guidance, not affiliated with NHS England or DHSC
Named after the NHS's founder, structured like NHS Wales
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board takes its name from Aneurin Bevan, the Welsh politician credited with founding the NHS in 1948 — a fitting name for a Welsh health board. Organisationally it's one of the seven Local Health Boards that make up NHS Wales, planning and delivering hospital, community and primary care services directly for its part of South East Wales, a neighbouring but entirely separate organisation to Cardiff and Vale University Health Board rather than a subdivision of it. Our NHS structure explainer covers how Wales's Local Health Board model compares with England's trusts and Scotland's health boards.
Pay follows the shared UK-wide scale
Staff at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board are paid on the same Agenda for Change pay spine as England and Northern Ireland — identical bands, identical pay points, and the same headline annual uplift, because Wales has consistently chosen to stay aligned with the shared settlement rather than negotiate its own separate scale, unlike Scotland. See our NHS Wales pay guide for why that's the case, and the Agenda for Change pay scales guide for the current full table.
No London-style weighting here
High Cost Area Supplement doesn't extend to Wales in any form. Pay at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is the shared Agenda for Change rate for your band and point, with nothing added for location — the NHS Pay Calculator will confirm your exact figure without an HCAS zone to select.
The breadth of a Local Health Board's workforce
Like other Welsh health boards, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board runs the full range of services for its population rather than a narrower specialist remit, which means employing across nursing, medicine, allied health professions, and administrative and estates roles on the shared Agenda for Change scales. Our allied health professionals and admin and estates guides cover how pay progresses band by band, regardless of which Welsh health board you end up at.
Your specific employer in NHS Wales
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, not "NHS Wales" as a whole, is your legal employer here, which is relevant to continuous service calculations. See our redundancy pay guide for general principles, though Wales's own procedures can differ in detail.
Frequently asked questions
Is Aneurin Bevan University Health Board the same as Cardiff and Vale University Health Board? +
No — they're separate Local Health Boards, both serving parts of South East Wales but covering different areas and running their own services independently. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is its own employer with its own management structure, distinct from its neighbour.
Does Aneurin Bevan University Health Board pay the same as England? +
Yes, for Agenda for Change basic pay. Wales shares the same national pay spine, bands and points as England and Northern Ireland, and has consistently implemented the same annual uplift — unlike Scotland, which runs a genuinely separate scale. Check our NHS Wales pay guide for the detail.
Is there a location supplement for working in South East Wales, similar to London weighting? +
No — High Cost Area Supplement is specific to London and its fringe under England's arrangements. NHS Wales, including Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, doesn't run an equivalent zoned scheme.