NHS Trusts
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston: Pay
Last updated September 2026 · Independent guidance, not affiliated with NHS England or DHSC
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust — as its name suggests — spans services in both Bristol and Weston-super-Mare. Whichever site you're based at or rotate through, one thing doesn't change: Agenda for Change pay for a given band and point is exactly the same nationally, full detail in our 2026/27 pay scales guide.
HCAS status
No High Cost Area Supplement applies at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston — the South West is outside the designated HCAS zones (inner, outer and fringe London), so pay here is the plain national band rate with nothing added or taken away for location. Confirm your exact figure with the NHS Pay Calculator.
A combined acute trust, a full acute workforce
Bringing together a larger acute site in Bristol with the district hospital at Weston-super-Mare means the trust covers the typical breadth of acute roles across both locations — nursing, medicine, allied health professions, pharmacy, healthcare science, and healthcare assistant, admin and estates staff. See our nursing and allied health professionals guides for how pay progresses band by band wherever within the trust you're based.
Rotation and site changes don't change your band
If your role involves working across or rotating between sites, it's worth knowing that this is generally a rostering and logistics question, not a pay one — Agenda for Change bands attach to the post and its responsibilities, not to a specific building. Anything site-specific, like travel arrangements, would sit outside your basic pay rate.
Your legal employer
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust is your employer of record across both sites, which is what continuous service and redundancy pay are tied to. See our explainer on NHS structure for the bigger picture.
Frequently asked questions
Does University Hospitals Bristol and Weston pay HCAS? +
No. The trust is outside the High Cost Area Supplement zones, so pay follows the plain national Agenda for Change rate for your band and point, with no London-style weighting added.
Does working across two sites (Bristol and Weston-super-Mare) change your pay? +
No — Agenda for Change pay is set by your band and point, not by which of a trust's sites you're based at or rotate through. Any site-specific arrangements would be about rostering and travel, not your basic pay rate.
What roles typically exist at a combined trust like this? +
The standard acute range across both a larger city hospital site and a smaller district hospital site typically includes nursing, medicine, allied health professions, pharmacy, and healthcare assistant, admin and estates roles, all on national pay scales.