About the Fund

The Fund provides support for people entering the medical profession by encouraging interest in the non-technical elements of medical practice that present some of the greatest challenges to individuals at the start of their careers. These elements include the disparity between politically desirable aspects of a public health service and what it is practicable to deliver, the maintenance of humanitarian values in increasingly ethically complex aspects of medical innovation and the differences in attitude to illness and treatment between religious and cultural groups.

The Fund has selected medical education as the specific area where constructive support can make a significant contribution. We provide funding for projects, including curriculum development which serves to broaden the experience of medical training.

A substantial fraction of the new doctors who qualify in the United Kingdom have the benefit of some broadening of the programme during undergraduate training. The questions that are being addressed are of current concern. It is certain that many medical issues do not have easy answers and that the consequence of an increasingly technological practice is the danger of the patient becoming isolated at a time when individual human needs and vulnerability are at their greatest. The ultimate object of this project is to strengthen the relationship between the patient and the medical profession.

The Fund is administered by a board of trustees, in accordance with its constitution which is registered with the Charity Commission (No. 1086856).