M4RD celebrates commitment to real Living Wage
Medics4RareDiseases has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer. Our Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at M4RD receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.90 in the UK or […]
Medics4RareDiseases has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer. Our Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at M4RD receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.90 in the UK or […]
Agata Oliwa has recently finished her medical degree at the University of Glasgow. She has started the Specialist Academic Foundation Programme this summer in the North East. Agata aspires to […]
On 11th July 2022 we received the exciting news from The Charity Commission that Medics4RareDiseases Ltd had been converted to a Charitable Incorporated Company (CIO). Although working as a not-for-profit […]
Last week our CEO and trustees met for M4RD’s annual strategy meeting in Gloucestershire. This was an opportunity to reflect on our progress over the last 12 months and to […]
Grace Knight studied medicine at Keele University and is about to become an F1 in Coventry. Her passion for improving rare disease education was sparked by her younger brothers’ rare […]
This is the third instalment of M4RD’s comments on the English Rare Diseases Action Plan. I will now discuss Action 8; Extend the remit of the Genomics Education Programme to […]
In this post Emma will focus on Action 6 of the England Rare Disease Action Plan; develop an innovative digital educational resource. This is the first action listed in the Plan […]
In my last post I introduced some of M4RD’s initial thoughts on the Rare Diseases Action Plan 2022 Action 6. Now I’d like to continue exploring Priority 2; ‘increasing awareness […]
M4RD is delighted to announce that we will be hosting an interactive virtual event exclusively for medical students wishing to learn more about complex communication skills. This event is initiated […]
Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) refers to a group of conditions that affects connective tissues, which includes skin, bones, blood vessels and many other organs. Symptoms of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome can […]