University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) was formed on 1 April 2020 following the merger of University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and Weston Area Health NHS Trust.
The information on this page is historic. Visit the UHBW Freedom of Information page for the latest information.
Weston Area Health NHS Trust runs Weston General Hospital. It also runs community children’s services in Drove House, Weston-super-Mare and The Barn, Clevedon.
It is an acute Trust, which means it accepts patients referred to it by primary care professionals, usually General Practitioners (family doctors). It provides a full range of hospital services both for patients staying in the hospital and those visiting clinics as outpatients. These include surgery, acute medical care and maternity services.
Acute Trusts work with the Primary Care Trusts (PCTS) which commission the services they provide, on behalf of the local population. Weston works with two local PCTs - NHS North Somerset (covering Portishead, Clevedon and Weston) and NHS Somerset (covering Burnham, Cheddar and Bridgwater). The PCTs work closely with local GPs, dentists, optometrists (eyes), podiatrists (feet) and pharmacists. They also have responsibility for public health issues, such as vaccinations or smoking cessation.
All NHS organisations – both acute trusts and PCTs – in the South West have their performance monitored by the local Strategic Health Authority – NHS South West (based in Taunton) - who report on local progress to the Department of Health in London. The Department of Health is a Government Department, headed by the Secretary of State for Health, currently Alan Johnson MP.
We receive many requests for the structure of our departments. These diagrams show the structure of our Directorates. It is best to start with the one showing the Chief Executive and the Directors who report to her. The rest then show the posts which report to each individual Director.
Click to see a chart showing the overall organisational structure
Board Members
Organisation
Relevance
Relationship
ED lead
Government Office South West (GOSW)
Department of Health (DH) in the region
Through SHA
C/Exec
Learning and Skills Council South West
Funds allocated to support skills targets – post 16yrs education and training
Local Link
Dir HR
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Eliminating discrimination, securing equality
Chairman
NHS South West
Oversees health services in the south west
All Directors
Nth Somerset PCT
Commissions services from Trust
Work in partnership on some projects
Weston Futures Partnership Board
Performance Meetings
Other PCTs
Commission some services from Trust
Regular meetings
Dir Finance
Dir Strategic Development
Other NHS Trusts
Provision of some services as part of a clinical network
Joint Emergency planning
Medical Director
Jobcentre Plus
Supporting people from welfare to work
Healthcare Commission
Quality improvement and reviews
Local Link with National body
Unions and Royal Colleges
Representing staff and shaping health policies
Local link with national body
Dir Nursing
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Stewardship of funds to protect health and safety at work
Regulatory
Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee North Somerset
Power to scrutinise local health services
Consultee for all formal consultation processes
Invited attendee according to agenda
Health Summit Board
Joint agency approach to addressing health issues
Member of Board
Health and Wellbeing Partnership Board
Weston College
Joint agency approach to addressing health issues and engaging young people through dialogue/projects in the work of the NHS
UK Youth Parliament South West
Enables young people to use voice creatively to bring about social change
Regular meetings with Local youth representative
C/ Exec
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Joint agency approach to addressing drugs, crime and health issues including emergency planning/incident management