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NW SuppoRTT Course

Course OverviewEligibilityHow to bookDay 1 & 2 DatesDay 3 Dates

Course Overview

The NW SuppoRTT Course comprises of three days. The first two days are generic, and organised centrally for the region by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and the third day is a specialty specific day which is co-ordinated by your School SuppoRTT Champion. The NW SuppoRTT Course is free of charge. If you need to apply for a KIT/SPLIT or SRTT day and/or travel expenses to attend please visit our Return to Training Activities (RTT-A) page.

Day 1 Overview (Via Zoom) More detailed information about Day 1 can be found here.

Session 1
  • General issues faced by returners, and particular issues of the group, plus signposting to useful resources
  • The SuppoRTT process
  • LTFT training
Session 2 Communication skills including debriefing, critical language, and assertive language with the PACE technique for raising concerns in a clinical environment. 
Session 3 Decision making
Session 4 In this interactive session we will explore recent findings from neuroscience that help us to understand more about our stress responses and explore ways to manage change in a resourceful way.

Day 2 Overview (Delivered at a choice of simulation centres in Aintree, Preston and St Helens). More detailed information about Day 2 can be found here.

*Day 2 is not recommended for those who are returning to non-patient facing specialties.

AM

Communication Skills

  • Small group work with tailored scenarios ranging from interactions that you would find in the community or out-patient clinic to breaking bad news to relatives.
  • Aided by Communincation Skills Tutors and simulated patient actors

Resus Skills

  • Refresh your knowledge of adult and paediatric (if appropriate) basic life support,
PM

Scenarios delivered by simulation team

  • Acute medical and surgical emergencies that you might encounter in the community, ward or other hospital settings, tailored to your work environment
  • Facilitated debrief

Day 3 is organised by your School SuppoRTT Champion and is designed to update and refresh specialty specific skills and knowledge. You can discover more in the flyers for each day in the Day 3 dates table below.

Eligibility

All doctors in training who have been out of training for a period of 3 months or more are eligible to apply for the NW SuppoRTT Course.

If you have been out of training for less than 3 months please contact the team at Lancashire Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, who manage the course for NHS England, at SuppoRTT@lthtr.nhs.uk to discuss your requirements prior to applying.

How to book

Booking Form

Course Dates

Cohort Day 1 (Virtual) Day 2s (Various Sites)  
5 5 November 2026 11 November 2026 St Helens
12 November 2026 Aintree
13 November 2026 Preston
18 November 2026 Preston
6 12 January 2027 18 January 2027 Preston
21 January 2027 Aintree
22 January 2027 St Helens
7 15 March 2027 19 March 2027 St Helens
19 March 2027 Aintree
23 March 2027 Preston
24 March 2027 St Helens
Day 3
Anaesthetics 

Dates for 2027

Monday 18 January 2027

Monday 26 April 2027

Wednesday 30 June 2027

Wednesday 20 October 2027

All dates are at Salford Royal Hospital's Simulation Suite from 08:30 to 16:30.

To register please contact amy.hobbs@boltonft.nhs.uk
Emergency Medicine

Date TBC

To register please contact annemarie.brown@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
General Practice

Date TBC

To register please complete this form: 

Enquiries: england.supportt.nw@nhs.net
Medicine 

Date TBC

To register please contact both elizabethjones5@nhs.net and sophie.ludlam@mft.nhs.uk
O&G (Flyer)

16 October 2026 - Education Centre, Chorley Disctrict Hospital

To register please complete this form: https://healthacademy.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/supporrtcourseapplication/ 

Enquiries: SuppoRTT@lthtr.nhs.uk
Oncology

Thursday 4 March 2027 - 09:30 to 15:00 (Virtual) - Flyer

Thursday 16 September 2027 - 09:30 - 15:00 (Virtual) - Flyer

To register please contact the-christie.pgugeducation@nhs.net
Paediatrics 

Tuesday 10 November 2026 via Teams 09:00 to 15:00 (Virtual)

Wednesday 18 November 2026 09:30 to 15:00 - Ward A4, Halton Hospital, WA7 2DA

To register please complete this form: Paediatric Return to Training Course November 2026 Booking Form

For enquiries contact laura.wade16@nhs.net or jayaprakash.rajaram@mbht.nhs.uk
Psychiatry (Flyer)

Wednesday 13 January 2027

To register please click here 

Enquiries: england.corepsychcourse@nhs.net
Surgery: General Surgery (Flyer)

Date TBC

For enquiries or to register please contact choee.ng@nhs.net
Surgery: Trauma and Orthopaedics (Flyer)

Date TBC

For enquiries or to register please contact danielle.wharton@sthk.nhs.uk

Page updated 12 October 2026