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Background In June 2023, aspiring medical students and twins Hasini and Hanshika decided to fundraise for RMBF by organising a fun run at their school. Incredibly, they raised close to £1000 to help doctors and medical students, saying “We enjoyed the entire process as it gave us a valuable opportunity to learn about what organising […]
We are pleased to announce that BMA Giving have awarded us a generous grant of over £8,500 to help doctors in urgent crisis. With the support of BMA Giving, the programme will provide emergency grant decisions to reduce the immediate financial pressure on doctors facing hardship as a result of illness, injury or bereavement. The […]
We are thrilled to celebrate our supportive partnership with Medic Mentor, a not-for-profit national organisation that helps students from a multitude of backgrounds to achieve their dreams of becoming a doctor. During the Covid pandemic, Medic Mentor students raised £10,000 to support doctors and medical students. More recently, we have run a joint fundraising programme […]
We are extremely pleased to announce that His Majesty King Charles III has graciously accepted Patronage of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund, after the sad passing of his mother and our former Patron, Queen Elizabeth II. In addition to his official and ceremonial duties in the United Kingdom and overseas as The Prince of Wales, […]
The latest figures from the RMBF’s Rightsteps online wellbeing resource show the top reasons doctors are seeking help. Anxiety, work stress and low mood are the most highly-searched topics, followed by support with the menopause, difficulties with alcohol, and preventing burnout. With pressure on the NHS remaining high, mental health support services for doctors and […]
Thank you to the MDU and their FY1 members for their incredible support We are delighted that MDU’s partnership with RMBF is continuing in 2024. It began in 2021 when the MDU reduced its first-year subscription from £10 to £5 for FY1 members, donating the remaining £5 to charity. RMBF has received over £35,000 from […]
We’re refreshing the RMBF website, to make it easier to find the right kind of support. However, some pages may be unavailable for a short time while we finish our upgrades. If you are a doctor or medical student experiencing financial hardship, and you are looking for financial support, please email [email protected] or call 020 […]
The RMBF offers congratulations to Professor Amritpal Hungin, former Treasurer and Trustee of the charity, who has been named a Knight Batchelor by King Charles III in the New Year’s Honours list. Professor Hungin, known as Pali, served as President of the British Medical Association, and was the founding Dean of Medicine at Durham University. […]
We are very pleased to announce that the RMBF has been awarded a £25,000 BMA Giving grant to help support doctors facing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and moral injury as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the past year and a half, medics working on the frontline have come face-to-face with astonishing levels of […]
