SuppoRTT Guidance Documents

SuppoRTT: Return To Training Guidance

The SuppoRTT guidance provides background information, how SuppoRTT came to be created and the processes which underpin it.

SuppoRTT CPD Funding Guidance

SuppoRTT: CPD Funding Guidance - Updated 14 January 2022.

CPD Funding Application form- Applications are now submit electronically

HEE Non-Staff Claim Form (for CPD funding claims - (Word Version)

SuppoRTT Meetings

There are 3 meetings which underpin the SuppoRTT programme. The SuppoRTT guidance, provides in-depth breakdowns for each meeting and each meeting is accompanied by an electronic form. All meetings to take place with the Trainee and Appropriate Supervisor.

Pre-Absence Meeting

• ​To take place 3 months prior to absence.
• Purpose: To discuss how to stay in touch and any concerns that you may have regarding absence or returning.

• Flow Chart of Responsibility
• Preview Form Questions
• Pre-Absence Meeting Form

Initial Return Meeting

• To take place 8-12 weeks prior to return date.
• Purpose: To create a plan of return, discuss any concerns, training needs and supernumerary / enhanced supervision requests.

• Flow Chart of Responsibility
• Preview Form Questions
• Initial Return Meeting Form

Review Meeting

• To take place at the end of any supernumerary / enhanced supervision period or four weeks after the trainee's return date.
• Purpose: To discuss your progress, review assessments and feedback, address any concerns and arrange further supernumerary / enhanced supervision periods, if required.

• Flow Chart of Responsibility
• Preview Form Questions
• Review Meeting Form

Please note, each electronic form allows you to pause your submission and come back to it later by selecting the 'finish later' option at the bottom of each page. This enables the form to be reviewed or completed by various people such as the Trainee and Appropriate Supervisor*. Once you have selected 'finish later' you will be provided with a screen such as the one shown below. It will provide a unique link for you to access your form and an option to email the link to access later.

Individualised Action Planner

HEE YH SuppoRTT Videos

The below video links provide a personal account of some of the issues and concerns raised, during Supported Return to Training and provide an example for how each SuppoRTT meeting can be take place.

• Pre Absence Plans
• Initial Return to Training Meeting
• Return Review Meeting

If you have any queries relating to the forms please do not hesitate to contact the SuppoRTT Team, supportt.yh@hee.nhs.uk

SuppoRTT Courses for Trainees

The SuppoRTT Team organises and supports a variety of Support Courses for Trainees. Please find below courses running over the next few months with course links to book. Our SuppoRTT Newsletter details all courses running over the next few months, along with other useful information and the course catalogue provides further details of each course that we run.

June 2023

Thursday 1st June 

09:20 - 15:30   Improve Self Care, Manage Stress and Enhance Resilience

Monday 12th June 

09:30 - 12:30   How to Avoid Stress and Burnout

Wednesday 14th June 

19:00 - 21:00   Virtual Networking Session for IMG Doctors

Tuesday 20th June 

10:00 - 15:00   Interpersonal Skills Workshop

Wednesday 21st June 

09:30 - 16:30   Building Personal and Professional Well-Being (Face-to-Face) - Tankersley Manor, Barnsley

Tuesday 27th June 

09:30 - 16:30   Mindfulness at Work and in Life

July 2023

Monday 3rd July 

09:00 - 17:00   Mental Health First Aid Course

09:20 - 16:45   Essential Skills for Medic Mums

Tuesday 4th July 

09:30 - 16:30   Mindfulness at Work and in Life

Wednesday 5th July 

09:00 - 17:00   Return to Acute Care Training (ReACT) - Field House Education Centre, Bradford

19:00 - 21:00   Virtual Networking Session for IMG Doctors

Friday 7th July 

10:00 - 13:00   Tiny Habits For Doctors - How to Make Changes in Your Life That Last Forever

Monday 10th July

09:30 - 16:30   Confidence Training

Tuesday 11th July 

09:20 - 15:30   Improve Self Care, Manage Stress & Enhance Resilience

Thursday 13th July

10:00 - 14:45   How to Process Difficult Emotions

Friday 14th July

09:30 - 15:30   How to Manage Conflict

Tuesday 18th July 

09:00 - 12:00   Managing Challenging Conversations for SuppoRTT

Friday 21st July 

09:00 - 16:30   Clinical Skills and Simulation

August 2023

Wednesday 23rd August

09:30 - 16:30     Confidence Training

September 2023

Friday 8th September 

10:00 - 13:00   Tiny Habits For Doctors - How to Make Changes in Your Life That Last Forever

Monday 11th September

09:20 - 16:45   Essential Skills for Medic Mums

Wednesday 13th September 

10:00 - 15:00   Managing Imposter Syndrome for SuppoRTT

Thursday 14th September

09:20 - 15:30   Improve Self Care, Manage Stress & Enhance Resilience

Friday 15th September

09:30 - 15:30   Return with Resilience (Day 1) - Day 2 running on Wednesday 20th September

Tuesday 19th September 

10:00 - 15:00   Interpersonal Skills Workshop

Friday 22nd September

09:30 - 15:30   How to Manage Difficult Conversations

Monday 25th September 

13:30 - 16:30  How to Avoid Stress and Burnout

Tuesday 26th September 

10:00 - 15:00   Know Your Why for SuppoRTT

Friday 29th September

10:00 - 14:45   How to Process Difficult Emotions

October 2023

Wednesday 4th October

09:00 - 17:00   Return to Acute Care Training (ReACT) - Field House Education Centre, Bradford

Thursday 5th October

09:00 - 12:00   Managing Challenging Conversations for SuppoRTT

Friday 6th October

09:30 - 15:30   How to Manage Conflict

Tuesday 10th October

09:30 - 12:30   Building Personal and Professional Wellbeing

Tuesday 17th October 

09:30 - 16:30   Confidence Training

Friday 27th October

09:00 - 16:30   Human Factors and Communication

November 2023

Monday 6th November

09:30 - 16:30   Mindfulness at Work and in Life

Thurs 9th November

09:30 - 15:00   Interpersonal Skills Workshop for Medicine IMGs

Friday 10th November

09:30 - 15:30    How to Manage Difficult Conversations

Wednesday 15th November

09:00 - 12:00   Managing Challenging Conversations for SuppoRTT

Friday 17th November

10:00 - 13:00   SuppoRTT: Tiny Habits® for Doctors - How to make changes in your life that last forever

Monday 20th November

09:20 - 16:45   Essential Skills for Medic Mums

Tuesday 21st November

10:00 - 15:00   Interpersonal Skills Workshop

Friday 24th November

09:20 - 15:30  Improve Self Care, Manage Stress and Enhance Resilience

Wednesday 29th November

10:00 - 14:45   How to Process Difficult Emotions

December 2023

Friday 1st December

09:30 - 15:30    Return with Resilience (Day 1) - Day 2 running on Friday 8th December

Thursday 14th December 

09:30 - 16:30   Confidence Training

January 2024

Tuesday 16th January

09:30 - 12:30   How to Avoid Stress and Burnout

Wednesday 17th January

09:30 - 15:30   How to Manage Conflict

Friday 19th January

09:00 - 16:30   Clinical Skills and Simulation

Tuesday 23rd January

10:00 - 15:00   Interpersonal Skills Workshop

Thurs 25th January

09:30 - 15:00   Interpersonal Skills Workshop for Medicine IMGs - Blenheim House, Leeds

Friday 26th January

09:30 - 15:30   How to Manage Difficult Conversations

February 2024

Thursday 1st February

10:00 - 15:00   Managing Imposter Syndrome for SuppoRTT

Monday 5th February

09:20 - 16:45   Essential Skills for Medic Mums

Tuesday 6th February

09:30 - 16:30   Mindfulness at Work and in Life

Thursday 8th February

10:00 - 15:00   Know Your Why for SuppoRTT

Friday 9th February

09:30 - 15:30   Return with Resilience (Day 1) - Day 2 running on Friday 23rd February

Friday 16th February 

09:30 - 16:30   Confidence Training

Thurs 22nd February

09:30 - 15:00   Interpersonal Skills Workshop for Medicine IMGs - Blenheim House, Leeds

Tuesday 27th February

10:00 - 14:45   How to Process Difficult Emotions

Wednesday 28th February

09:30 - 16:30   Building Personal and Professional Wellbeing - Tankersley Manor, Barnsley

March 2024

Tuesday 5th March

09:30 - 16:30   Interpersonal Skills Workshop

Friday 8th March

09:30 - 15:30   How to Manage Difficult Conversations

Wednesday 13th March

10:00 - 15:00   Know Your Why for SuppoRTT

Friday 22nd March

09:30 - 15:30   How to Manage Conflict

SuppoRTT Champions

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Who are the SuppoRTT Champions?

SuppoRTT Champions  are experienced NHS professionals  based in most secondary care Trusts and the psychiatry Specialty School in Yorkshire and Humber . Their role is to provide leadership within the Trust/School to ensure that the SuppoRTT strategy is fully implemented and results in a high-quality supported return to training for all.

The SuppoRTT Champion can

-       Provides trainees and supervisors with guidance regarding the relevant policies and available resources.

The trainee’s first point of contact is their educational supervisor or training programme director throughout the return-to-work process. However, the SuppoRTT Champions are useful contacts to help with any additional SuppoRTT queries directly related to your Trust. You can view all Champion profiles via 'view All' or select individuals to learn a little more about them.

The SuppoRTT Champions are useful contacts to help with any SuppoRTT queries directly related to your Trust. You can view all Champion profiles via 'view All' or select individuals to learn a little more about them.

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Coaching

Please be advised that all coaching sessions are free for trainees in YH.

The aim of coaching is to increase potential and enhance the careers of those who access it. Sessions are confidential and do not form part of educational assessment. Coaching is time for you to think. 

Coaching is time for you to think.  Your coach won’t judge you, or give you advice.  This means it is ok to talk about anything that you feel gets in the way of you doing your best at work. You can really think things through in a way that is different to talking things over with a friend, partner, TPD or Educational Supervisor - all people who tend to have another agenda for you.  Your coach will support you, and challenge you if necessary, to help you reach a conclusion that is helpful and meaningful to you.

You can have between four and six sessions of free coaching with a coach and it tends to work best if you have all your sessions within a 6 month window.

If you decide that you would like to participate in our coaching programme, click here to register your interest. You can contact your preferred coach directly once your account registration has been approved. Coaching works best if you pick someone outside your Specialty.

Once you have registered as a Coachee and your account has been approved please click here to log in to your account where you can then search and make contact with your chosen Coach.

You can find a quick start guide here and further information can be found on our website.

HEE SuppoRTT: Call for your SuppoRTT ideas!

HEE is providing Local Education Providers and Schools with the opportunity to bid for investment to expand an existing approach or develop a new idea that relates to creating and imbedding a supportive return to practice for doctors and dentists in training.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• “Brain storming” events for departments, trainers, medical staffing departments, medical education departments etc., to consider mechanisms to support trainees 
• Specialty-specific developments within Schools to support returners
• E-learning or face-to-face courses
• Trust-based support groups for trainees, with identified objectives
• Enhanced induction or re-orientation to place of work (for example, a video tour of the hospital)
• Technical skills and simulation
• Wellbeing
• Developing resources available to trainees 
• Courses and workshops

The bidding round for activities to run in the 2023/24 financial year opened on Monday 27 February 2023 and will close on Thursday 6 April 2023 at 5:00pm. 

Before submitting a bid, please ensure that you read our SuppoRTT Bid Guidance Notes in full. This contains information about the bidding round, the application procedure to follow, the standards that your application must comply with and the scoring criteria that the panel will use to assess your application. Applications must be submitted via our online portal.