🌳 This year's events for National Suicide Memorial Day for health and care workers are drawing to a close. 73 trees to date have been planted at healthcare settings across the country. Thank you to all who have built this powerful movement.
🌳 The annual National Suicide Memorial Day for Health and Care Workers happened last week. 🌳. Thank you to all attendees and particularly to those who have organised these meaningful events.
🌿 Keeping Well as a Doctor — now wherever you are at ICPH 2026. We’re at the International Conference on Physician Health next week! Come and see us at our virtual booth to talk about what it takes to build a healthy, fulfilling and sustainable career!
If you are struggling, please do not suffer in silence.
Our free, confidential online support groups are here for healthcare workers at every stage of their career. To find out more about all of these groups, and to register, click here: tinyurl.com/5n72uupk
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🌳National Suicide Memorial Day for Health and Care Workers🌳 In her new article for **Doctors.net.uk** Mary Jane Roberts, CEO of Doctors in Distress says doctors save lives daily, we should do more to save theirs doctors.net.uk/opinion/docto…
Our Grief in Healthcare sessions create space to understand changes in professional identity
📅 Sessions:
Tuesday 13 October – 12:30pm
Wednesday 25 November – 6:30pm
👉 Find out more and book your place, free of charge:
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HEALTHCARE COLLEAGUES PLEASE SHARE! Doctors in Distress' Support Groups are FREE, CONFIDENTIAL, UNJUDGEMENTAL and available for you. Search 'doctors in distress Eventbrite' on google. 🕯️World Suicide Prevention Day 🕯️
A productive and thought-provoking Awayday for the Board of Trustees of Doctors in Distress, held at the Royal Society of Medicine. Days like this are an important part of how we work: combining good governance with curiosity and a willingness to think differently.
📺 Tonight, tune into File on 4 Investigates to hear Dr Lalith Wijedoru talk about his work supporting the wellbeing of healthcare workers, following his career as a consultant paediatrician until 2021.
👉Listen to the programme at 8pm tonight: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0030xg…
🎟️1 week to go! Join us on the 3rd September at the Royal Society of Medicine to hear from Dr Puja Khajuria, anaesthetic trainee and recent Race Across the World contestant.
Tickets are free! Book your place here: rsm.ac.uk/events/philanthrop…
See you there!
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🎟️Have you booked? Join us on the 3rd September at the RSM to hear from Dr Puja Khajuria, anaesthetic trainee and recent Race Across the World contestant.
Places are selling quickly so be sure to book here: rsm.ac.uk/events/philanthrop…@RoySocMed
Would you like us to come and speak at your event or conference?
Email us at contact@doctors-in-distress.org.uk for more information about how we can support.
We’d love to hear from you.
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💙We're proud to be sponsoring this event featuring Dr Puja Khajuria, anaesthetic trainee and contestant on Race Across the World!
🎟️ Places are limited. Book now to secure your place and find out more information
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🏆Congratulations to Ananta Dave who has won the Outstanding Achievement of the Year at the Oceanic Awards British Asian Women’s Awards. What an incredible achievement and astonishing recognition of Ananta’s work.
We’re extremely proud! 🥳
🏆We are immensely proud of our Trustee, Dr Ananta Dave, who has been nominated as a finalist in the Oceanic Awards British Asian Women’s Awards in the category of Outstanding Achievement of the Year.
Congratulations Ananta! This is so well deserved 🥳