NHS Trusts
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals: Pay Guide
Last updated September 2026 · Independent guidance, not affiliated with NHS England or DHSC
If you're comparing an offer from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust against another role in Yorkshire and the Humber or further afield, the starting point is simple: Agenda for Change bands and points are set nationally, in full in our 2026/27 pay scales guide, so the same band pays the same base rate wherever you go.
HCAS at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
No High Cost Area Supplement applies at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. Like the rest of Yorkshire and the Humber, the trust sits outside the inner, outer and fringe London zones, so pay is the plain national rate for your band and point. Use the NHS Pay Calculator to check the exact figure before you compare offers.
What kind of trust is Sheffield Teaching Hospitals?
As a large acute teaching trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals employs the full typical range: nursing, medicine, midwifery, allied health professions, pharmacy, healthcare science, and the healthcare assistant, administrative and estates staff an acute site relies on. Our medicine and healthcare assistants guides set out how pay progresses at each band, regardless of the specific trust employing you.
Comparing offers within the same region
Because HCAS doesn't apply anywhere in Yorkshire and the Humber, a job offer at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and one at another trust in the region will typically differ, if at all, only by band, point, and any unsocial hours or on-call payments attached to the specific role — not by a location weighting. That makes within-region comparisons more straightforward than comparing against a London-zone trust, where HCAS changes the total figure meaningfully.
Your employer, not just your role
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is your legal employer if you work here, which is what continuous service and redundancy pay calculations are based on rather than "the NHS" as a single entity. See our NHS structure explainer for the wider picture.
Frequently asked questions
Does Sheffield Teaching Hospitals pay differently from other Yorkshire trusts? +
Not on the underlying Agenda for Change rate — that's fixed nationally by band and point. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals sits outside HCAS zones, the same as other Yorkshire and the Humber trusts, so pay comparisons within the region come down to the specific band and point rather than the employer.
Is there a supplement for working in a large city like Sheffield? +
No. High Cost Area Supplement applies only to London and its immediate fringe, not to major cities generally, so Sheffield's size doesn't bring any weighting into the calculation.
What roles make up the workforce at a teaching hospitals trust? +
The usual broad acute spread — nursing, medicine, midwifery, allied health professions, pharmacy and healthcare science — alongside healthcare assistant, administrative and estates roles, all on national Agenda for Change or medical pay scales.