Jenny Vaughan Memorial Essay Prize 2026
Doctors Association UK (DAUK) is inviting entries for the second Dr Jenny Vaughan Memorial Essay Prize. Dr Vaughan OBE, DAUK’s former chair, advocated for a…
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DAUK in the BMJ: ‘Another epidemic: abuse and violence towards doctors from patients and the public’
Samantha Batt-Rawden, president of the grassroots campaigning organisation the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK), told The BMJ that doctors…
DAUK’s Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden on BBC News: NHS doctor receives 20 to 30 abusive messages a day
Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden, an intensive care registrar, says NHS staff are facing “devastating” abuse online and at protests.…
DAUK in The Independent: Coronavirus has exposed a number of problems with the NHS – skills and funds must be better distributed
A recent Doctors’ Association survey found that more than 1,000 doctors have seriously considered quitting this year, with…
DAUK in the Times: ‘how elderly paid price of protecting NHS from Covid-19’
Article in the Times that highlighted the disproportionate burden that our older patients have paid during this pandemic.…
DAUK on World Suicide Prevention Day: It’s Ok Not To Be OK
Please do reach out for free confidential support: https://www.dauk.org/mental-health-and-wellbeing-resourceshttps://doctors-in-distress.org.uk/useful%20resources/If in crisis call 111 / 999Samaritans helpline - 116…
Guest Blog: Dr Dinesh Palipana reflects on his journey to becoming a doctor whilst living with quadriplegia
Starting medical school in 2008 felt like a dream. I can’t say that it was a lifelong dream…
PRESS RELEASE: NHS doctors bullied to the brink, 600 medics speak out
The Doctors’ Association UK has compiled stories from 602 frontline doctors which expose a startling culture of bullying…
DAUK front page of the Daily Mirror: harrowing stories of burned out NHS doctors bullied and broken
Dedicated to caring for the sick and vulnerable, junior doctors should expect to be supported and valued as…
TED talk: Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden Co-Founder of DAUK reveals how tough things are for frontline doctors
How can we maintain our doctors empathy? In her TED talk Sammy reframes the burnout debate and explains…