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Hospital Medicine | NHS England – North West, Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Creating a new NHS England

Hospital Medicine

New Starters

For on-boarding information for new starters in all speicalties, including GP, please visit our New Starter page.

Hospital and Community Care Specialties

Image of doctors in theatreWe are responsible for all activities linked with the postgraduate education and training of doctors within hospital and community care specialties in NHS England – North West (formerly Health Education England, North West).

We support the monitoring, planning and performance of education programmes. In addition, we aim to provide access to practical information needed by medical students and trainees within Foundation and StR grades and an insight into what NHS England – North West can offer.

If you are looking for specific information related to your grade please follow the link below to the relevant sections:

  • Foundation training - for information on our School of Foundation Training and Physician Associates
  • Specialty training - for information on each Specialty School (post-foundation training), including contact details

For an overview of specialty training, please contact:

Name Role Contact details
Kaleigh Fennah Programme Support Business Manager (Liverpool Office) - maternity leave kaleigh.fennah@nhs.net
Claire McGovern Programme Support Business Manager (Manchester Office) - contact for all schools during above maternity leave claire.mcgovern4@nhs.net

Lead Employer Team, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Lead Employer Website

Email: lead.employer@sthk.nhs.uk

Tel: 0151 478 7777

Lead Employer Payroll Team

Email: leademployerpayroll@sthk.nhs.uk

Tel: 0151 290 4658

School contacts

For any other queries, please contact the relavent school team.

Go to Specialty School Contatcs

Other useful links and contacts

Careers advice england.careers.nw@nhs.net
Education courses (PG Certificate in Workplace Based Postgraduate Medical Education Fellowship) england.facultydevelopment.nw@nhs.net 
Inter- Deanery Transfers england.nw.idt@nhs.net
Intra-LETB Transfer Policy for transferring between sectors within NHS England - North West (on Policies and Procedures page) For queries, contact your school team
Leadership courses (Medical Leadership Fellowships, Postgraduate Module in Medical Leadership) england.facultydevelopment.nw@nhs.net
Less Than Full Time (LTFT) Training For queries, contact your school team
Out of Programme (OOP) information For queries, contact your school team
Policies and Procedures For queries, contact your school team
Professional Support and Wellbeing Service | Health Education North West  
Recruitment Recruitment contacts
Revalidation and Form R england.revalidation.nw@nhs.net
Study Leave england.studyleave.nw@nhs.net
SuppoRTT (Supported Return to Training) england.supportt.nw@nhs.net
Training Support Network  

Last updated 12/08/26