In the North West we have two types of Champions to support you through the process:
School SuppoRTT Champions work with the training programmes, Trust SuppoRTT Champions, Trust Specialty Training Leads (TSTLs) and LTFT Leads to ensure that colleagues in training and trainers are aware of the RTT process and ensure that relevant return to training activities (RTT-A), including speciality specific return to training days, are available.
Please contact your School SuppoRTT Champion for help with the following issues:
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ACCS |
Rebecca (Becky) Holder |
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Anaesthetics |
Amy Hobbs |
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Dentistry |
Phil Dawson |
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Emergency Medicine |
Catherine Jackson |
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GP |
Raj Khiroya (GM) |
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Yvette Brindle (C, L & M) |
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Intensive Care Medicine |
Catherine Roberts |
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Medicine |
Elizabeth Jones (M) |
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Christopher Cassidy (NW) |
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Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
Syma Ahmed (M) |
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Nasira Misfar (NW) |
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Ophthalmology |
Adesuwa Garrick (M) |
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Nadia Chaudhry (NW) |
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Paediatrics |
Laura Wade (M) |
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Jayaprakash Rajaram (NW) |
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Pathology |
Dr Andrew Dodgson |
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Psychiatry |
Hannah Cappleman |
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Public Health |
Judith Mills |
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Radiology |
Vamsi Rachapalli |
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Surgery |
Core, Urology, Vascular |
Sarah Duff |
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ENT, Cardiothoracic, Neuro, OMFS, Paeds |
Su De |
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General |
Katy Newton |
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T&O, Plastics |
Danielle Wharton |
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Trust SuppoRTT Champions provide colleagues in training of all specialties and their supervisors with guidance regarding the relevant policies and available resources.
Please contact your Trust SuppoRTT Champion for help with the following issues:
NB: If you need to contact the Lead Employer please email their Helpdesk: Lead.Employer@sthk.nhs.uk. Please don't contact the Mersey and West Lancashire Trust SuppoRTT Champions unless you are leaving or returning to those hospitals.
Foundation doctors should contact their Trust SuppoRTT Champion for any support they require.
Many Trust SuppoRTT Champions are also the Trust’s LTFT Champion so will also be able to support you with LTFT issues. If the roles are undertaken by separate people you can find the current list of LTFT Training Champions here.
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Email Address |
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Alder Hey Children's Hospital |
Beverley Almeida |
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals |
Tessa Malone |
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Bolton |
Carole Kennedy |
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Cheshire & Wirral Partnership |
Keerthy Raju |
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Countess of Chester Hospital |
Jo Seward |
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East Cheshire |
Rachael Hopper |
rachael.hopper@nhs.net |
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East Lancashire Hospitals |
Anuradha Kurvey |
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Greater Manchester Mental Health |
Wakil Ahmed |
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Lancashire and South Cumbria |
Heba Elrafei |
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals |
Karen Kidner |
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Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital |
Melissa Evans |
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Liverpool University Hospitals |
Balsam Altemimi |
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Liverpool Women's Hospital |
Anna Paweletz | |
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Manchester University |
Aghogho Odudu |
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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals |
Beth Glackin (S&O) |
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Vanessa Theis/Ruth Todd (StH&K) |
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Mersey Care |
Nishanth Babu Mathew |
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals |
Claire Nockolds |
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Northern Care Alliance |
Kathryn Naylor (Bury, Oldham, Rochdale) |
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Daragh Lehane (Salford) |
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Eleanor (Ellie) Chapman (Salford) |
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Pennine Care |
Ankur Khanna |
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Stockport |
Liz Shackley |
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Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care |
Jean Wang |
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The Christie Hospital |
Helen Lander |
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The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre |
Joanne Cliff |
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The Walton Centre |
Helen Banks |
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay |
Lesley Ottewell |
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Warrington & Halton Hospitals |
Richard Briggs |
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Wirral University Teaching Hospital |
Liz Huddlestone |
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Erandi Barker |
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Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh Hospital |
Dula Alicehajic-Becic |
Page updated 25th April 2025