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Office hours The RMBF office will be closed over the Christmas period from 25 December 2025, and will re-open on 2 January 2026. We will have very limited staff availability on 22-24 December. Contacting us If you are a doctor or medical student in need of support, you can still get in touch with us […]
We have partnered with Rightsteps, workplace mental health specialists, to add a range of talking therapies for doctors to our online wellbeing resources. Rightsteps’ specialist team of in-house therapists offer a variety of confidential therapeutic approaches for doctors, including Integrative Therapy, Person-Centred Therapy, and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, available via telephone or video sessions. Doctors can […]
RMBF stands with 31 other leading organisations in calling on the Health Minister to retain the GMC’s ability to investigate the fitness to practise of doctors with existing health concerns, under a distinct ‘health’ route. Currently, in cases where doctors are investigated under the ‘health’ category of impairment, the GMC can use language which acknowledges […]
Today is the National Suicide Memorial Day for Health and Care Workers, an annual event organised by NHS Practitioner Health and Doctors in Distress to remember the health and care workers we’ve lost to suicide – colleagues, friends, and loved ones whose absence is deeply felt. As an organisation, the RMBF is committed to remembering, […]
Dr Sebastian Shaw is an Assistant Professor in Medical Education at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. He is also the Research Lead for Autistic Doctors International. He is autistic, ADHD, and dyslexic – and has hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. He took the time to speak with us about his career and research, as well as sources […]
We’re thrilled to share that BMA Giving has awarded us a grant to support doctors in urgent crisis. Thanks to their incredible backing, we can deliver fast-track emergency grants—providing swift financial relief for doctors facing hardship due to illness, injury, or bereavement. These grants ease immediate cost-of-living pressures while we work with each doctor to […]
We are delighted that MDU’s partnership with RMBF is continuing in 2025. 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 £20,000 from the initiative this year. Thanks to MDU members, we have been able to […]
We are very pleased to announce that Jon Baines Tours (JBT), the specialist tour operator, has kindly offered to donate 5% of the cost of any tour booked by RMBF supporters. This means that you can support doctors in need while enjoying the holiday of a lifetime! Trusted and highly experienced, JBT has run professional […]
This is an article from our twice-yearly postal newsletter for supporters. Sign up today to get the next issue, with updates on our work, stories from our beneficiaries, and much more! 2025 is likely to contain a significant milestone in the history of the medical profession: the tipping point at which women will outnumber men […]
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 […]
