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This is your monthly round-up of important news and updates from the team at Lead Employer. Please do share these updates with your staff as appropriate.
Please note: please remind colleagues-in-training to keep email contact details up-to-date in ESR to ensure they receive all updates from us.
In this month's edition you can find:
- Updated Host Contact Form is now live
- Knowledge sessions – June 2025
- Email campaign for August 2025 new starters
- Reactivating email accounts for colleagues returning from leave
- Protected time for mandatory training
- International HR Day 2025
- Annual leave reminder - August rotation
- Recent event support: Liverpool incident
- Monthly wellbeing article
Please continue to update your details!
We’re pleased to announce that the updated Host Contact Form is now available on our website.
Key update: You can now customise the updates you receive by selecting from the following categories:
- Employee relations cases
- Rotation and contract
- Management information
- New parent support & leave
- Pay and work schedules
- Pre-employment checks
- Reasonable adjustments
- Industrial action
- Sickness/absence management
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Please also use this form to notify us of changes to your name, email address, job title, organisation address, or region.
Thank you again for your continued engagement and support.
Join our HR and operations teams for two informative sessions this month:
- Less than full time (LTFT) process overview - 11th June
- Absence management reporting and procedures - 17th June
Sessions will be held via Microsoft Teams. The link will be included in your Ticket Tailor confirmation upon booking.
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Supporting pre-employment checks
For those expecting new colleagues-in-training in August and September, we have already started connecting with them to help ensure a smooth and stress-free onboarding experience.
Running from 7th May to 28th July, the campaign includes five newsletters designed to support our new starters and ease their transition.
The first issue was sent on 7th May to over 2,000 incoming colleagues-in-training. The second issue, sent on 29th May, covered key topics such as:
- A warm welcome to Lead Employer
- Introduction to the pre-employment hub
- Hello from our Medical Director, Professor Andrew Rowland
- Have you checked out our website?
- Pre-employment checks - are your checks up to date?
- DBS certificates - next steps
- Supported return to work - for postgraduate doctors and dentists
- International Medical Graduates (IMGs) - next steps
- Wellbeing Hub - we are more than just a HR service
Read the latest online copy below:
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A reminder of host responsibilities
If a colleague-in-training has been on leave - such as maternity/paternity leave or long-term sickness - their email account may be deactivated during their absence.
As the host, it’s your responsibility to ensure their account is reactivated before they return.
To avoid delays and support a smooth transition back to work, we recommend contacting your local IT Team well in advance.
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A reminder to support your colleagues-in-training
As part of our shared responsibility to support the wellbeing and development of our colleagues-in-training (CITs), we kindly ask that you help ensure they are given protected time to complete their mandatory training requirements.
This training is essential for patient safety and professional development. When CITs are supported to meet their obligations without sacrificing clinical time or personal wellbeing, everyone benefits.
Please can you:
- Ensure mandatory training is included in rota arrangements where possible
- Avoid scheduling conflicting duties during protected learning time
This year marks the 6th anniversary of International HR Day! To celebrate, we’ve created a short video showcasing how our role goes far beyond traditional HR services.
We take pride in supporting colleagues-in-training throughout their journey - offering not only guidance and advocacy, but also a commitment to their wellbeing and professional development. Our support extends far beyond contracts and compliance.
 Click the image above to watch.
Supporting annual leave for your colleagues-in-training
Ensuring colleagues-in-training take their full annual leave entitlement during placements is essential - not only for their wellbeing but also for delivering safe, high-quality patient care.
We encourage colleagues-in-training to plan their leave throughout the year and include regular reminders in our communications. Please continue to support your colleagues-in-training in taking their full entitlement.
Payment of annual leave should only be made for extraordinary circumstances where the annual leave was not able to be taken or carried over to the next placement.
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 Please do share our wellbeing resources with your colleagues-in-training.
Support is available
We understand that many of our hosts and colleagues-in-training are based in the North West, particularly within the Merseyside region. In light of the recent tragic incident in Liverpool on Monday 26th May, we want to acknowledge the potential emotional impact this may have had.
If any of your colleagues-in-training have been affected by the events of that day, please know that support is available. Our Wellbeing Team is here should they wish to speak to someone in confidence. Whether they choose to reach out to a peer, a trusted colleague, or access our formal health and wellbeing services, we encourage them to do so.
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Check out our monthly wellbeing article
 This month, we’re focusing on Men’s Health Week and Pride Month. We recognise the vital work of our colleagues-in-training and the pressures they face. Our goal is to ensure all feel supported, seen, and valued wherever they’re training.
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