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Antenatal Timeline
Antenatal Timeline
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As soon as you feel comfortable
Inform the department and rota coordinator
Inform your educational supervisor
ASAP
Consider stopping salary sacrifice schemes by week 17
Your average weekly earnings are calculated on your gross income
If you are in a salary sacrifice scheme, the calculation will be based on your pay after this is taken out
Therefore your parental pay will be reduced compared to what you might expect
It's worth considering stopping any salary sacrifice schemes early enough so your parental pay isn’t impacted
More info on how your parental leave pay is calculated can be found here
Week 25
Submit your adoption leave application to your employer
This is the latest you should notify your supervisor and employer
This needs to be done by now in order to be eligible for adoption leave and pay
This application officially informs your employer of the EDD of your baby and your anticipated adoption leave start date
You may need to tell your employer in writing of your intention to apply for a parental order within 6 months after the child's birth as proof of surrogacy
Week 25
This is your "qualifying week"
Parental pay is worked out based on your average weekly earnings on the 2 payslips before this.
You need to have been employed by your trust for 26 weeks prior to this to qualify for SPP, unless you have moved trusts due to a training (more info here)
Week 29
You need to have 12 months continuous service with the NHS by this point to receive occupational adoption pay
Week 34
If your partner is planning on taking SPL immediately after your compulsory 2 weeks of adoption leave:
Make sure you have submitted a SPL application by now
Submit your notice of curtailment of adoption leave
NB A minimum of 8 weeks notice is needed for changes to SPL dates and for notice of curtailment of adoption leave (you need to end your adoption leave before you can start SPL)
Think about the original adoption leave date you submitted - remember you must give 28 days notice to change the start date of you adoption leave
In reality you may not be able to give notice of changes to your leave start dates due to early delivery etc and trusts should be supportive of this.However planned changes should be made with the advised notice period where possible
Month before your leave
You should receive a breakdown of your anticipated parental leave pay a month before your leave is due to start
There is some guidance here to help you check your pay is correct
You may also want to clarify how much you will be paid for any KiT/SPLiT days you chose to take
If you haven't received this you may want to contact HR / payroll
Before you go
If you are planning to be off for a period of more than 3 months:
Meet with ES to complete pre-absence form here so you can access the SuppoRTT fund
Meet with ES / manager to plan and find out process of booking KiT/SPLiT days at your trust
- SuppoRRT is an HEE initiative to help give individualised support to trainees returning to work after a period of time out
- To access this you need to complete a pre-absence form before going on leave
- Click here to find out more and how to apply in your local HEE region
Before you go
Inform your professional bodies of your upcoming leave to access membership discounts - click here for more info
Before you go
Contact IT to ensure your hospital log ins are not deleted
Contact NHS Email to ensure your email address is not deleted
Place an out of office on your emails with a return date
Other Things to Think About
Other Things to Think About
Consider booking an antenatal class – these become very booked up from early in pregnancy
Can be a great way to meet local parents-to-be expecting at a similar time
Sign up to childcare waiting lists – childcare options can have waiting lists 1-2 years long therefore you need to join well before baby arrives depending on if and when you’re planning childcare for your baby!
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