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
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Organisation |
Relevance |
Relationship |
ED lead |
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Government Office South West (GOSW) |
Department of Health (DH) in the region |
Through SHA |
C/Exec
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Learning and Skills Council South West |
Funds allocated to support skills targets – post 16yrs education and training |
Local Link |
Dir HR |
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Equality and Human Rights Commission |
Eliminating discrimination, securing equality |
Local Link |
Chairman Dir HR |
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NHS South West |
Oversees health services in the south west |
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C/Exec Chairman All Directors |
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Nth Somerset PCT |
Commissions services from Trust Work in partnership on some projects |
Weston Futures Partnership Board Performance Meetings |
C/Exec Chairman All Directors |
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Other PCTs |
Commission some services from Trust
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Regular meetings |
C/Exec Dir Finance Dir Strategic Development |
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Other NHS Trusts |
Provision of some services as part of a clinical network Joint Emergency planning |
Regular meetings |
C/Exec Medical Director Dir Strategic Development |
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Jobcentre Plus |
Supporting people from welfare to work |
Local Link |
Dir HR |
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Healthcare Commission |
Quality improvement and reviews |
Local Link with National body |
Dir Strategic Development |
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Unions and Royal Colleges |
Representing staff and shaping health policies |
Local link with national body |
Dir Nursing Medical Director Dir HR |
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Health and Safety Executive (HSE) |
Stewardship of funds to protect health and safety at work |
Regulatory |
C/Exec |
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Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee North Somerset
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Power to scrutinise local health services Consultee for all formal consultation processes |
Invited attendee according to agenda |
C/Exec |
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Health Summit Board |
Joint agency approach to addressing health issues |
Member of Board |
Chairman Dir Strategic Development |
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Health and Wellbeing Partnership Board |
Joint agency approach to addressing health issues |
Member of Board |
Chairman Dir Strategic Development |
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Weston College |
Joint agency approach to addressing health issues and engaging young people through dialogue/projects in the work of the NHS |
Regular meetings |
Dir Strategic Development |
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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 Dir Strategic Development |
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Avon and Somerset Constabulary |
Joint agency approach to addressing drugs, crime and health issues including emergency planning/incident management |
Regular meetings |
Dir Strategic Development |