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The RMBF provides support for doctors and their families through all stages of their career and beyond. Our help ranges from financial assistance in the form of grants to a telephone befriending scheme for those who may be isolated and in need of support.
The majority of our Board and our volunteers come from a medical background. This means that as an organisation we understand the unique pressures facing doctors on a day to day basis.
The RMBF relies on voluntary donations. The money we raise to support doctors and their families comes from fellow doctors and their families. Without the help of our generous donors we could not continue to provide vital support to the medical profession.
Every year the RMBF helps hundreds of doctors, medical students and their family members who are in serious hardship due to age, illness, injury or bereavement.
We provide support to doctors of all specialties and at all stages of their careers.
Help towards day-to-day living costs for doctors and their families facing hardship
Retraining costs, professional fees and childcare costs for doctors returning to work after illness
RMBF and BMA's confidential support service for doctors experiencing mental health issues
Expert articles covering career advice, wellbeing, money matters and more
Our beneficiaries can access a money advisor for debt management help and other financial advice
Grants for medical students facing exceptional hardship, to assist with essential living expenses while studying
Wellbeing advice, plus our free online student money adviser service
If you are a refugee doctor retraining to practise medicine in the UK, we may be able to help with a one off award
Our volunteers provide regular friendly chats over the phone, offering emotional support to beneficiaries who may be isolated
All the latest updates on our programmes, campaigns and activities.
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