by Carolyn Peers | Oct 26, 2026 | Blog
Dr Gayathri Subramanian and Dr Isabelle Butcher. The interactive online tree makes an easy to navigate toolkit taking you directly to real life case studies of wellbeing improvements operating in paediatric intensive care units in the UK. What does it take to create a...
by Carolyn Peers | Oct 26, 2026 | Blog
In October, Doctors in Distress presented its first Lifetime Achievement Award to the family of Professor Nicola Fear who sadly died in February of this year. With this award, we remember a pioneering researcher whose work transformed understanding of military mental...
by Carolyn Peers | Oct 26, 2026 | Blog
Doctors in Distress was delighted to present Professor Ann John OBE with our Outstanding Contribution to Systemic Change Award. Ann chaired the committee that developed BS 30480 Suicide and the workplace, the world’s first standard on suicide awareness at work,...
by Carolyn Peers | Oct 26, 2026 | Blog
Doctors in Distress was delighted to present Dr Ananta Dave and Dr Tom Hewson with our inaugural Mental Health Award, recognising their work developing the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ first ever Retention Charter. When a psychiatrist leaves the NHS, the loss is...
by Carolyn Peers | Sep 28, 2026 | Blog
At this year’s Patient Flow Transformation conference, themed “Dare to Disagree”, Professor Stella Vig opened with a show of hands. Should patients and clinicians take back control? She put the same question to the room again at the end. Stella qualified in 1991 and...
by Carolyn Peers | Jul 8, 2026 | Blog
By Dr Chaand Nagpaul CBE, Co-Chair of Doctors in Distress The publication of the new NHS Staff Standards is an important moment. For the first time, staff wellbeing has been elevated from an aspiration to a requirement. This is a significant step forward. For too...
