Health & Wellbeing Poverty & Inclusion 2025
Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF)

Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25

The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund supports doctors, medical students and their families facing hardship through grants, money advice, mental health services and mentoring. In 2024-25, 281 beneficiaries were helped including 240 receiving direct financial support; £467,738 in grants was awarded; specialist money advice secured £77,546 in additional statutory benefits; 326 doctors self-referred to DocHealth for mental health support; and 119 medical students received online money advice. Total income: £1.8m; reserves: £38m.

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Financial grants (living costs, equipment, disability adaptations, back-to-work); DocHealth confidential psychotherapeutic service (mental health for doctors); specialist money and debt advice; telephone befriending; coach-mentoring; Medical Student Programme (hardship grants); Refugee Doctors Programme (GMC registration support); online wellbeing platform; volunteering network

📊Key Metrics

281 beneficiaries helped in 2024-25; £467,738 in grants awarded to 240 directly supported; £556,803 total value of support secured including statutory benefits Key Metric 1
326 doctors self-referred to DocHealth confidential mental health service; 119 medical students received specialist online money advice Key Metric 2
£77,546 in statutory benefits secured for beneficiaries; £11,519 in debt savings secured; 200+ volunteers including coach-mentors and medical student fundraisers; 150,000 website visits Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Grants available for doctors, retired doctors, medical students and their dependants across the UK; Refugee Doctors Programme supports qualifying and securing NHS training posts
  • Medical Student Programme provides hardship grants for those facing unexpected illness, disability or bereavement during training; website relaunched with eligibility checker and video explainer
  • Total income £1.8m; reserves £38m (majority invested); President's Appeal raised £74,299; joint portal doctorshelp.org.uk established; branding refresh completed to reduce stigma and raise awareness

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