This section will explain how you will be reimbursed for the time you take to do activities that will support your return to training. The time and funding to undertake activities is applied for in a single application form. The NW SuppoRTT Team will then liaise with the relevant team to ensure your time and expenses are reimbursed.
Details around pay should be discussed with the Lead Employer prior to applying. Click here for the Lead Employer Maternity Handbook.
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Type of Day |
Timeline |
Reimbursement |
Important Note |
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Keeping in touch (KIT) day |
available between weeks 3 up to 39 weeks of maternity leave when in receipt of statutory pay (SMP) |
A basic salary will be paid for each day worked. Time in lieu will be given if the doctor is in receipt of full or half pay at the time of the KIT day |
Working part of one day counts for 1 KIT day.
Doctors can take a combination of up to 10 KIT and/or SRTT days in total
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Shared parental leave in touch (SPLIT) day |
available in the shared parental leave period |
A basic salary will be paid for each day worked. Time in lieu will be given if the doctor is in receipt of full or half pay at the time of the SPLIT day |
Working part of one day counts for 1 SPLIT day.
Each parent taking shared parental leave can take a combination of up to 20 SPLIT and/or SRTT days in total |
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SRTT day: Unpaid period of Parental Leave |
available in the “unpaid” period of maternity leave between weeks 39 to 52 |
A basic salary will be paid for each day worked |
Working part of one day counts for 1 SRTT day.
Doctors can take a combination of up to 10 KIT and/or SRTT days in total |
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SRTT day: Accrued Annual Leave period of Parental Leave** |
available in the “unpaid” period of maternity leave between weeks 39 to 52 |
Additional day of annual leave to be taken prior to return (this replaces the day used for the RTT activity) |
Working part of one day counts for 1 SRTT day.
Doctors can take a combination of up to 10 KIT and/or SRTT days in total |
**Please ensure that any SRTT days to be taken in the accrued annual leave period are applied for ideally 12 weeks, and no later than 8 weeks, prior to the date of the return to training date to ensure communication of the additional days is made to the returning host organisation with sufficient notice.
Out of Programme
To ensure fairness when returning from a period away from your usual training programme and in line with the offer to those on parental leave, you are entitled to up to 10 SRTT days in order to prepare for your return.
These days must be agreed in advance of your application with your ES/TPD. Reimbursement will be in the form of time in lieu from your host organisation once you have returned to training.
Long-term Sick Leave
Whilst in receipt of a fit note stating you are not fit to work you are not legally able to undertake activities that could be classed as work. The Lead Employer has made an exception for the NW SuppoRTT Course as the sole focus of this course is to prepare you for your return to training. Time will not be reimbursed to undertake this course. You can apply for travel expenses to attend the course using the RTT-A application form.
Funding is available from SuppoRTT for activities to help you prepare to return to training. Full details are available in the RTT-A Guidance (above) but here are the highlights:
SuppoRTT funding is aligned with study leave but is available in the times when study leave isn’t i.e. when on parental leave/OOP etc.
Your return to training should be bespoke to you and your circumstances. It is best to start thinking about what you will need to do to prepare for your return as early as possible. We recommend using the pre-return meeting to plan what activities you need to do, which should happen 8-12 weeks prior to your return date. Sometimes it may be necessary to think about these things earlier in case there are activities that run infrequently.
To apply for funding, you will need to have submitted at least one of the SuppoRTT Meeting forms and to make the process quicker and simpler we would ask that the activity that you require funding for is noted on the form.
Page updated 22nd April 2025