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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 […]
Dr Tommy Perkins (pictured right, above) is a GP. In 2019 he started Medics’ Money, alongside Dr Ed Cantelo, who is a GP and also a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor. Medics’ Money aims to empower doctors to make better financial decisions, by providing free guides and tools, and helping doctors find specialist medical […]
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. […]
Thank you to all the Medix UK Nominees shareholders who donated their share proceeds to the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund. £17,885 has been raised through the initiative, a fantastic result which will make a huge difference to the lives of doctors who are struggling. The RMBF is the UK charity for doctors, medical students and […]
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 […]
525 UK medical students participated in our extended survey between 22nd October and 8th November. The survey was circulated via a number of University MedSocs and related societies in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The RMBF also promoted the survey heavily via social media to help reach a good cross-section of medical students. The […]
New research finds that two thirds of medical students have faced financial or mental health pressures One of the UK’s leading medical charities is calling for greater support for future doctors as new figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that more than 1,000 medical students have withdrawn from their course over the […]
In November, as part of our Together for Doctors campaign, the RMBF’s Trustees put forward a 10-strong list of doctors who have made vital contributions to the support and reform of the profession – and we asked you, our supporters, to vote for your most influential figure. Today we can announce that your choice for “The Doctor’s […]
A new survey released today (16th November 2017) conducted amongst senior hospital doctors, GPs, trainees and charity supporters by the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF), finds that an alarming two-thirds (67%) would now not recommend medicine as a career to their children. This news comes despite the fact that traditionally it has been a family […]
In July & August 2017, the RMBF surveyed over 1,800 medical professionals – including senior hospital doctors, GPs, trainees and charity supporters – about the pressures faced by doctors in their day-to-day working lives. Survey infographics Respondents believe that there are a number of simple environmental factors which could significantly improve a hospital doctor’s working […]
