We Need Your Help
Our charity is almost entirely reliant on donations. We need your donations to be able to continue our vital work to protect the mental health of healthcare workers and prevent suicide.
One doctor dies by suicide every three weeks, one nurse dies by suicide every week.
These shocking figures are a key driver of our work to help healthcare workers who are experiencing struggles with their mental health.
To support us, text PREVENT to 70460 to donate £5. You can also donate via our Just Giving website. Thank you for your support.
Why is mental health support needed?
The statistics around poor mental health among healthcare workers are alarming.
- A third of health workers are experiencing burnout and 34% feeling emotionally exhausted (NHS 2024 Staff Survey)
- Mental health problems accounted for quarter of absences among NHS staff in 2022, amounting to 6 million days (Nuffield Trust)
- Royal College of Nursing report shows 76% rise in staff seeking support for suicidal ideation in the first half of 2024, compared with the same period in 2023.
- 33% of doctors are struggling with their workload, almost a quarter of trainee doctors are at risk of burnout and 48% of GPs are struggling with workload (GMC survey, August 2024)
Healthcare workers need support for their mental health.
Please donate to Doctors in Distress to help us provide support groups for healthcare staff, giving them the confidential and safe environments that they need to look after their mental wellbeing. Without our health workers, there is no health service.
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