Rare Disease Day

5th March 2026

Thank you all for making Rare Disease Day 2026 our biggest yet

Emma Huskinson Awareness Campaigns, Rare Disease Day Healthcare professionals, Learn your stripes, medical education, NHS Awareness, Rare Disease Awareness, Rare disease community, Rare Disease Day 2026, rare disease education 0

Sending a huge thank you to all of you who helped to make Rare Disease Day 2026 so incredible. Once again you have overwhelmed us with our support, your creativity […]

28th February 2026

It’s Rare Disease Day!

Emma Huskinson Rare Disease Day Healthcare professionals, Learn your stripes, medical education, Medics for Rare Diseases, patient advocacy, rare conditions, Rare Disease Awareness, rare disease day, Rare Disease Day 2026, show your stripes 0

Happy Rare Disease Day everyone! We have been astounded by all of the engagement we have received for this year’s campaign already. Don’t forget to post your stripy sock photos […]

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20th February 2026

It’s officially the year of the horse… but remember to listen for zebra-hooves too!

Emma Huskinson Rare Disease Day Healthcare Education, Learn your stripes, medical students, Medical Training, Medics for Rare, Nursing education, patient advocacy, rare conditions, Rare Disease Awareness, rare disease day, Rare Disease Day 2026, show your stripes

Happy Lunar New Year! As we welcome the year of the horse, remember to show some support for their stripey counterparts. As you may know, there is an old rhetoric […]

6th February 2026

Time to Share the Rare… Our New Five Minute Training Video is Available NOW!

Emma Huskinson M4RD Learn, Medics for Rare Disease, Rare Disease 101, Rare Disease Day medical education, rare disease, rare disease day

Medics for Rare Disease’s new, ultra-compact training video is now available to watch here. In the run-up to Rare Disease Day, 28th February, we are striving to get the video […]

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27th January 2026

PRESS RELEASE: Call for healthcare professionals – Take Five Minutes to ‘Learn your Stripes’ for Rare Disease Day

Emma Huskinson Medics for Rare Disease, Rare Disease Day, Uncategorised Learn your stripes, medical education, rare disease, rare disease day, RDD2026

26 January 2026: Medics for Rare Disease today announced the launch of a mini training video that will help HCPs become more ‘rare aware’ in five minutes. Since 2022, the […]

16th January 2026

6 weeks until Rare Disease Day 2026

Emma Huskinson Medics for Rare Disease, Rare Disease Day Healthcare professionals, Learn your stripes, Medics for Rare Disease, NHS, Rare Disease Awareness, Rare Disease Day 2026, Rare Disease Training, show your stripes

Watch this space for the launch of our NEW mini training video and make sure you have your stripey socks at-the-ready because Rare Disease Day is looming! Rare Disease Day […]

Surgeons in scrubs wearing stripy socks for rare disease day

12th November 2025

Big Plans for Rare Disease Day 2026!

Emma Huskinson M4RD, Medical Education, Rare Disease Day, Uncategorised medical education, Medics for Rare Disease, NHS, rare conditions, rare disease, Rare Disease Day 2026, show your stripes

Get ready to #ShowYourStripes February 28th may seem like a long way off but behind the scenes, Medics for Rare Disease staff are deep in planning mode! It will be […]

5th March 2025

#ShowYourStripes Online Gallery is LIVE – Find your photo!

Eleanor Churchill Rare Disease Day

5th March 2025 A huge THANK YOU to all of those who took part in the #ShowYourStripes for Rare Disease Day campaign, last week. We are delighted to announce that […]

4th March 2025

Rare Disease Day 2025 Gallery

Eleanor Churchill Rare Disease Day

Thanks so much to everyone for getting involved with this year’s Rare Disease Day! It’s been amazing how many of you have shown your stripes and we can’t thank you […]

1st March 2024

Gallery: Rare Disease Day 2024

Eleanor Churchill Gallery, Rare Disease Day

Thanks so much to everyone for getting involved with this year’s Rare Disease Day! It’s been amazing how many of you have shown your stripes and we can’t thank you […]