Paul Efthymiou

Ambassador, Doctors in Distress

Dr Paul Efthymiou qualified in 2010 and is currently working as an anaesthetic clinical fellow in London. For many years he has been an advocate for raising awareness about burnout in medicine and the impact it has on the lives of healthcare workers and their families.

Since 2023 Paul became an ambassador for ‘Doctors in Distress’ which is an independent charity that provides peer support for all UK based healthcare workers to promote and protect their mental health and prevent suicide. 

Paul started a podcast in 2019 called ‘A Doctor’s View’ as a way of discussing key issues within medicine including the unseen challenges and stresses that doctors face. He regularly holds discussions about the pressures of working in healthcare to help prepare medical students and to remind doctors and other healthcare workers that they are not alone in the difficulties they may be facing.

Updated: November 2024