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Doctors in Distress planted 44 trees across the UK as part of their memorial programme.
From this grew our programme which has to date planted 44 trees across the UK with 16 tree planting and suicide memorial day events achieved this year.
Service · Observational claim · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 11
Doctors in Distress delivered grief training to over 200 doctors this year.
These courses were delivered to over 200 doctors this year.
Service · Observational claim · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 11
Doctors in Distress developed a short form of the Beat Burnout course for CPD accreditation.
Training sessions were developed this year, where we attracted funding to make a short form of the highly popular Beat Burnout course from Dr. Clare Ashley that is eligible for CPD.
Service · Procedural statement · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 9
Three NHS Trusts have agreed to participate in the Let's Prevent Suicide pilot phase.
The programme has had 3 Trusts agree to participate in the pilot phase, and a further 2 Trusts express interest in joining for the next phase.
Operational · Observational claim · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 9
Let's Prevent Suicide was established in November 2025 to promote the BSI Suicide Workplace Standard.
In November 2025 Doctors in Distress formed Let’s Prevent Suicide, the programme to promote national implementation of the BSI Suicide Workplace Standard for Suicide Prevention in the NHS.
Policy · Policy statement · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 9
Feedback from support sessions indicates high satisfaction among participants.
94% ‘strongly agree’ that they felt safe and able to speak openly, 77% felt the session was ‘very helpful’ or ‘extremely helpful’
Service · Observational claim · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 8
Doctors in Distress provides confidential support sessions for doctors.
Weekly Support Sessions... Our core support sessions operated three times a week on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays
Service · Procedural statement · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 8
Doctors in Distress encourages organisational responsibility for doctors' mental wellbeing.
Encourage a wider organisational responsibility for the working environments of doctors that include the value of their mental wellbeing for the positive benefit of the NHS, its workforce and the patients they serve
Policy · Policy statement · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 6
Doctors in Distress aims to campaign for culture change within the medical profession.
Positively campaign for culture change within the medical profession and NHS to remove the stigma associated with Doctor burnout resulting from them having heavy workloads and operating in a high pressure and stressful environment
Policy · Policy statement · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 6
A doctor in the UK dies by suicide on average every three weeks.
a doctor in the UK dies by suicide on average every 3 weeks
Context · Observational claim · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 3
Positive employer action on wellbeing has decreased to 54.8%.
positive employer action on wellbeing decreasing to 54.8%
Context · Observational claim · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 3
Burnout rates among doctors in the UK are at 31.5%.
burnout rates are 31.5%
Context · Observational claim · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 3
Work-related stress among doctors in the UK is at 42.3%.
Work related stress is up to 42.3%
Context · Observational claim · From Doctors in Distress — annual report and accounts, year ending 30 June 2026, page 3
IPSUM's total income from charitable activities was £152,074 in the year ending March 2026.
Advice, Information & Therapy 152,074 - - 152,074
Financial · Observational claim · From Ipsum — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2026, page 21
IPSUM's total expenditure on charitable activities was £338,743 in the year ending March 2026.
Charitable activities Advice, Information & Therapy 132,649 12,065 194,029 338,743
Financial · Observational claim · From Ipsum — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2026, page 21
IPSUM's total income and endowments from donations and legacies were £24,926 in the year ending March 2026.
Donations and legacies 24,926 -
Financial · Observational claim · From Ipsum — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2026, page 21
IPSUM's net movement in funds for the year ending March 2026 was £18,639.
Net movement in funds 42,879 (10,981) (13,259) 18,639
Financial · Observational claim · From Ipsum — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2026, page 21
IPSUM's unrestricted funds totalled £257,687 at the end of March 2026.
Unrestricted funds General fund 257,687
Financial · Observational claim · From Ipsum — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2026, page 23
IPSUM did not receive any government grants from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in 2026, but received £74,220 in 2025.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care - 74,220
Commissioning · Observational claim · From Ipsum — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2026, page 22
IPSUM received a grant of £71,610 from Swindon Borough Council in both 2025 and 2026.
Swindon Borough Council 71,610 71,610
Commissioning · Observational claim · From Ipsum — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 March 2026, page 22