The following is a list of contacts which all healthcare professionals may find to be useful. They cover those organisations who provide welfare or financial assistance either to healthcare professionals only or to the public as a whole. For further details of assistance relating specifically to your profession, see elsewhere on this web site or contact your own representative body
If you are aware of any organisations who might also prove to be of assistance to colleagues in the healthcare professions and are not included on this list, please use the comment box at the foot of this page to send us details and we will include them.
Samaritans
UK: 08457 90 90 90
ROI: 1850 60 90 90
Correspondence address – Chris, P.O. Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA
Email – jo@samaritans.org
Alcoholics Anonymous
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
National Helpline: 0845 769 7555
Where to find an AA meeting – www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/meetings/wtf.html
Narcotics Anonymous
0845 373 3366 or 020 7730 0009
Where to find a NA meeting – www.ukna.org/meetings
BMA Counselling Service
A service offered to all BMA members open 24 hours a day 365 days a year
Telephone: 08459 200 169 (calls charged at local rates)
British Doctors and Dentists Group
Provides support and assistance for doctors and dentists in recovery from substance abuse
Telephone: 01252 316976
Email: ian.joiner@btopenworld.com
Doctors.net.uk
Offer assistance to GMC registered doctors by providing support through their online discussion forum. They also provide access to online educational material that can assist with CPD.
www.doctors.net.uk
Email: help@doctors.org.uk
Address
Doctors.net.uk
Corinthian Court, 80 Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxon OX14 4RY
Telephone: 01235 828400
Fax: 01235 862791
BMA Charitable Fund
Provide help with:
- One-off grants/loans to doctors in distress
- PLAB I & II and GMC registration
- Fees for students studying medicine as a second degree. Help is also available to doctors
- Needs relating to terminal health care.
Contact details
Clerk to the Trustees
BMA Charities
BMA House, Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9JPTelephone: 0207 3836334/6142
Cameron Fund
The Cameron Fund can provide help and assistance to GPs and/or their dependents by providing one off grants/loans, regular ongoing support and student awards for children of beneficiaries.
Email: secretary@cameronfund.org.uk
Address
The Secretary
The Cameron Fund
Tavistock House North, Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9HR
Telephone: 020 73880796
The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
The RMBF can offer support to all GMC registered doctors. This can be in the form of financial support if the doctor has little income or savings – for instance while retraining to return to work or if unable to work due to age, accident or illness. They can also offer advice and counselling.
Email: caseworkadmin@rmbf.org
Address
Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
24 King’s Road
Wimbledon
London SW19 8QN
Telephone: 020 85409194
Fax: 020 8542 0494
Support for Doctors
An extremely useful site with a number of links to various organisations that can assist doctors with a variety of problems.