SuppoRTT Champions

SuppoRTT Champions

In the North West we have two types of Champions to support you through the process:

School SuppoRTT ChampionsTrust SuppoRTT Champions

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:

  • Curriculum queries
  • Day 3 of the NW SuppoRTT Course
  • Mentoring / Coaching
  • RTT Activities
  • Specialty specific issues

School

Name

Email Address

ACCS

Rebecca (Becky) Holder

r.holder@nhs.net

Anaesthetics

Amy Hobbs

Amy.Hobbs@boltonft.nhs.uk

Dentistry

Phil Dawson

philip.dawson4@nhs.net

Emergency Medicine (EM)

Catherine Jackson

catherine.jackson@mft.nhs.uk

General Practice (GP)

Raj Khiroya (GM)

raj.khiroya@nhs.net

Yvette Brindle (C, L & M)

yvette.brindle@nhs.net

Intensive Care Medicine

Catherine Roberts

catherine.roberts@lthtr.nhs.uk

Medicine

Elizabeth Jones (M)

elizabethjones5@nhs.net

Christopher Cassidy (NW)

christopher.cassidy2@nhs.net

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

(O&G)

Syma Ahmed (M)

syma4@doctors.org.uk
syma.ahmed@lthtr.nhs.uk

Nasira Misfar (NW)

nasira.misfar@elht.nhs.uk

Ophthalmology

Adesuwa Garrick (M)

adesuwa.garrick@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk

Nadia Chaudhry (NW)

nadia.chaudhry@stockport.nhs.uk

Paediatrics

Laura Wade (M)

laura.wade16@nhs.net

Jayaprakash Rajaram (NW)

jayaprakash.rajaram@mbht.nhs.uk

Pathology

Dr Andrew Dodgson

andrew.dodgson@mft.nhs.uk

Psychiatry

Hannah Cappleman

hannah.cappleman@gmmh.nhs.uk

Public Health (PH)

Judith Mills

judith.mills@blackpool.gov.uk

Radiology

Vamsi Rachapalli

vamsidhar.rachapalli@sthk.nhs.uk

Surgery

Core, Urology, Vascular

Sarah Duff

sarah.duff@mft.nhs.uk

ENT, Cardiothoracic, Neuro, OMFS, Paeds

Su De

su.de@alderhey.nhs.uk

General

Katy Newton

katy.newton@mft.nhs.uk

T&O, Plastics

Danielle Wharton

danielle.wharton@sthk.nhs.uk

 

Peer SuppoRTT Reps work with School SuppoRTT Champions to provide peer support, advice and guidance (this list also contains LTFT Reps)

School

Name

Patch

Email

LTFT/RTT

ACCS Vacant      
Anaesthetics Victoria Courtice NW toricourtice@hotmail.com Both
Grace Salvage NW

gracesalvage@doctors.org.uk

Both
Dentistry Vacant      
Emergency Medicine Vacant      
GP Emily Barham GM, C&L emily.barham@nhs.net  RTT
Jasmine Virk GM jasmine.virk1@nhs.net RTT
Catherine Edwards C&M catherine.edwards16@nhs.net RTT
Mostafa Helmy C&M m.helmy@nhs.net RTT
Samar Ibrahim C&M Samar.nasr71@yahoo.com RTT
Babu Karavadra C&M b.karavadra@nhs.net RTT
Susan Travers C&M suetravers@yahoo.co.uk RTT
ICM Gareth Allen NW gareth.allen@doctors.org.uk

LTFT

Medicine Sophie Ludlam NW sophie.ludlam@doctors.org.uk RTT
O&G Alison Thompson NW a.c.thompson@doctors.org.uk Both
Premalatha Ulaganathan NW drupremalatha@yahoo.co.uk Both
Ophthalmology Vacant      
Paediatrics Violet Swain C&M nwltftrep@gmail.com LTFT
Hannah Mechie GM, C&L ltftrep.manchester@gmail.com LTFT
Eve Roberts C&M everoberts@doctors.org.uk RTT
Anastasia Kirina NW anastasiakir@hotmail.com RTT
Pathology Vacant      
Psychiatry Eleanor Swift NW eswift1@nhs.net LTFT
Blessing Ogundipe   b.ogundipe1@nhs.net RTT
Madiyyah Hussain   madiyyah.hussain@outlook.com RTT
Public Health Rebecca Kane NW rkane8@icloud.com LTFT
Gemma Jones NW gemma.jones@cumberland.gov.uk LTFT
Radiology Josh Taylor CM joshuataylor93@doctors.org.uk LTFT
Zoe Winston GM, C&L z.g.winston@doctors.org.uk LTFT
Surgery Vacant      

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:

  • Breastfeeding risk assessment
  • Enhanced supervision
  • Identifying ES
  • Induction
  • KIT / SRTT days
  • Rota support
  • Signpost to local training / courses
  • Workplace 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.

Trust

Name

Email Address

Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Beverley Almeida

beverley.almeida@alderhey.nhs.uk

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals

Tessa Malone

bfwh.postgraduate.education@nhs.net

Bolton

Carole Kennedy

srttchampion@boltonft.nhs.uk

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership

Keerthy Raju

keerthy.raju1@nhs.net

Countess of Chester Hospital

Jo Seward

joannaseward@nhs.net

East Cheshire

Matt Heywood

matt.heywood@nhs.net

East Lancashire Hospitals

Anuradha Kurvey

suppoRTT@elht.nhs.uk

Greater Manchester Mental Health

Wakil Ahmed

wakil.ahmed@gmmh.nhs.uk

Lancashire and South Cumbria

Heba Elrafei

heba.elrafei@lscft.nhs.uk

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals

Karen Kidner

karen.kidner@lthtr.nhs.uk

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

Melissa Evans

melissa.evans@lhch.nhs.uk

Liverpool University Hospitals

Balsam Altemimi

balsam.everett@liverpoolft.nhs.uk

Liverpool Women's Hospital

Cara Williams

supportt@lwh.nhs.uk

Manchester University

Aghogho Odudu

supportt.pgme@mft.nhs.uk

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals

Beth Glackin (S&O)

mary.glackin@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk

Vanessa Theis/Ruth Todd (StH&K)

supportt@sthk.nhs.uk

Mersey Care

Nishanth Babu Mathew

nishanth.babumathew@merseycare.nhs.uk

Mid Cheshire Hospitals

Claire Nockolds

claire.nockolds@mcht.nhs.uk

Northern Care Alliance

Kathryn Naylor (Bury, Oldham, Rochdale)

Kathryn.Naylor2@nca.nhs.uk

Daragh Lehane (Salford)

daragh.lehane@nca.nhs.uk

Eleanor (Ellie) Chapman (Salford)

eleanor.chapman@srft.nhs.uk

Pennine Care

Ankur Khanna

ankur.khanna1@nhs.net

Stockport

Elizabeth (Liz) Shackley

supportt@stockport.nhs.uk

Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care

Jean Wang

supportt@tgh.nhs.uk

The Christie Hospital

Helen Lander

helen.lander@nhs.net

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

Joanne Cliff

joanne.cliff@nhs.net

The Walton Centre

Helen Banks

helen.banks9@nhs.net

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay

Lesley Ottewell

lesley.ottewell@mbht.nhs.uk

Warrington & Halton Hospitals

Richard Briggs

richard.briggs@nhs.net

Wirral University Teaching Hospital

Liz Huddlestone

elizabeth.huddlestone@nhs.net

Erandi Barker

erandi.barker1@nhs.net

Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh Hospital

Dula Alicehajic-Becic

dula.alicehajic-becic@wwl.nhs.uk


 

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