medical education

21st May 2026

Impact Storytelling

Lucy McKay Healthcare education, Impact Stories, Rare Disease Advocacy charity leadership, healthcare equity, healthcare inequality, impact storytelling, medical education, Medics for Rare Disease, NatWest SE100, patient advocacy, rare disease, social enterprise, storytelling

Paying for Medicine In 2010 I was offered a place at medical school! I had managed to secure a coveted place on the Graduate Entry Programme (GEP) at Barts and […]

14th May 2026

Medics for Rare Disease Recognised in the NatWest SE100 Top Social Enterprises Index

Megan Pullein Healthcare education, Impact Stories, Rare Disease Advocacy charity leadership, healthcare equity, healthcare inequality, impact storytelling, medical education, Medics for Rare Disease, NatWest SE100, patient advocacy, rare disease, social enterprise, storytelling

We are incredibly proud to share that Medics for Rare Disease has been recognised in the NatWest SE100 Index of the UK’s top social enterprises. A celebration of the country’s […]

24th April 2026

One doctor’s diagnostic odyssey

Emma Huskinson Medical Education, Rare Disease diagnostic delay, Diagnostic odyssey, medical education, Medics for Rare Disease, Patient Story, rare disease, UK healthcare

Doctors are highlighting the serious impact of diagnostic delay on individuals and their families living with rare conditions. Bringing the ‘Five Year Wait’ to life Today Medics for Rare Disease […]

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

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

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 […]

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 […]

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14th January 2026

Rare Disease Day 2026: #ShowYourStripes & #LearnYourStripes

Jo McPherson awareness campaign, Healthcare professionals, Learn your stripes, medical education, medical students, Medics for Rare Disease, NHS, Rare Disease Awareness, rare disease day, Rare Disease Day 2026, rare disease education, Rare Disease Training, rare diseases, show your stripes

Rare Disease Day 2026 is your chance to stand with the 3.5 million people in the UK living with a rare disease, and to take one small action that can […]

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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 […]

6th October 2025

Daring to Think Rare: Reflections on My First Year as an Ambassador

Princess Bello Ambassador, event M4RD, medical education, medical student

It’s the end of my first year as an MfRD Ambassador, and I had the pleasure of celebrating it with the incredible Lunch & Learn! On arrival, I was greeted […]