Our Impact
We have produced an Impact Report to showcase our charity’s work between July 2024 and June 2025. Please take a look here:
Previous Impact Report (July 2023-July 2024) Read here.
Awards
To find out about awards that Doctors in Distress has won, click here.
Testimonials
“The Weekly Support Group was helpful, peer support and well facilitated.”
“[The Burnout Recovery course] was excellent. Thank you. Now it is about ensuring my values are aligned and keeping my wellbeing a priority. I love the fact this is a free and very much needed resource. It feels like someone is trying to help when the system does not.”
“I liked hearing from colleagues who are struggling with similar issues.”
“Open forum, a lot of support and sympathy for group, excellent advice.”
“I am grateful for the opportunity to join this safe space.”
“I feel like I have a safety net.”
Case Study:
Jess Morgan, Paediatrician, passionate advocate and speaker around the mental health of healthcare professionals.
“I was a paediatrician when I developed burnout and mental illness, a very isolating experience. Restricted by the confines of a rigid medical training scheme, full of shame and with an overwhelming sense of failure, I left the profession. During this time, I became aware of Doctors in Distress and accessed one of their creative support programmes. By connecting with other health professionals, I was able to appreciate that I was not alone in experiencing the emotional burden of care-giving. Instead, it became apparent that this was simply something that we did not talk about. It also empowered me to unleash my creative side, something I have always loved but felt did not align with the science of medicine.
Since then, Doctors in Distress has helped me find my voice. The charity has offered me a platform to share my story to challenge the stigma and culture around wellbeing and suicide in health professionals. Not only has this had a positive impact on my own mental health but it has also contributed to high level systems and culture change. I now work in the wellbeing space and continue to advocate for change. The support and encouragement from the
charity has been invaluable in getting me to where I am now.”