Nhs do annual leave weeks count as your weekend off?

[Pippippipi]

Totalled up my shifts over the last few months and realised I’ve had only a handful of weekends off when policy states staff should have at least one full weekend off every four weeks.
When I asked my manager, his response was weeks when I’m on annual leave count as having the weekend off. Is this actually the case?

If you didn't go to work on those Saturdays and Sundays you've had the weekend off. That's how it works in my workplace