by susannahB | Dec 2, 2022 | Blog
On Friday 28th October, I had the privilege of attending the Doctors in Distress Bereavement Group at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Our Chair, Dame Clare Gerada, and group analyst, Frances Griffiths, have been running these groups for over 4 years. It was at the...
by susannahB | Nov 22, 2022 | Blog
Doctors in Distress have redesigned their logo to reflect their updated vision, values and services from when the charity first began in 2019. The new design was beautifully created by Alice Rose & Co. Hear below from the key team members involved and Alice about...
by admin | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog, Guest Blog
Being a doctor can be fulfilling, but the nature of a doctor’s work can also be very stressful. As reported in 2021, by the General Medical Council, up to a third of trainee doctors felt a high degree of burnout, with as many as 44% finding their workload...
by admin | Jun 6, 2022 | Blog, Guest Blog
I am very much one of those all or nothing people. No matter how hard I try to change that, I still struggle to do things by halves. So it’s not that much of a surprise that I embarked on the Doctors in Distress 5k challenge by committing to complete 5k every day for...
by admin | Aug 5, 2021 | Blog
‘A song of silence’ a poem by Dr Ananta Dave… ‘Around me, between the dialling of 999 and the hoarse, laboured breaths, The blare of a siren And the chugging of an engine, Between the laughter of togetherness And the sighs of relief, The anguished cries of the bereft...
by admin | Aug 5, 2021 | Blog
When I was growing up in India as a teenager in 1980s Mumbai (Bombay as it was called then), a ghazal (a form of rhyming love poetry) sung by the noted singer Pankaj Udhas had become famous and was on everyone’s lips. I would hear the song, ‘चिट्ठीआईहै’ (‘Chitthi...
