Less Than Full Time

School of Anaesthesia LTFT guide

The LTFT guide was updated in August 2025 and can be found here.

Useful Contacts

Deanery

• OxDAT LTFT Rep: ltft@oxdat.com (Dr Becky Lee & Dr Yasmin Mahmoud)

• Thames Valley School of Anaesthesia LTFT Lead: Dr Laura Oakley

• HEETV Trainee Advisory Committee LTFT Rep: Dr Rebecca King

• BMA TV RJDC LTFT Rep: Dr Victoria Whitford

Local

LTFT/Flexible Working Champions

• OUH: Dr Laura Oakley

• Bucks: Dr Clare Bell

• RBH: Dr Natalie Joyce and Dr Kate Dean

• Frimley: Miss Gisella Salerno

• MKUH: Dr Jafer Ali

HR LTFT contact (only currently available for OUH)

• OUH: Kim O'Neil

Useful Links

• HEETV LTFT page

Tips and Tricks

LTFT Whatsapp Group

If you would like to join the "Anaesthetic LTFT Trainees" Whatsapp group, please email ltft@oxdat.com with your phone number.

The group is useful for peer-to-peer advice and troubleshooting on all things LTFT training.

Choosing your working days

You may wish to consider the following when choosing your working vs. non-working days (correct as of April 2025):

• For novices, the RIACT course runs on Mondays

• ICU teaching is the last Wednesday of each month

• Bank holidays: most of these fall on a Monday, but if Monday is your non-working day, remember you can claim TOIL for bank holidays on a pro-rata basis. E.g. if you are 60% LTFT, you can claim TOIL for 5 bank holidays per year (60% of 8 BH)