The Foundation’s first ever HEST® course in Aleppo, Syria

Since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, Syria's borders have opened, and in April, our team of Faculty surgeons ran our first ever Hostile Environment Surgical Training in Aleppo. Against a backdrop of destruction and severe shortages of even the most basic medical supplies, 24 surgeons travelled from Raqqa, Tartus, Idlib, Homs, Hama,…

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Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Congress

Our Medical Director, Dr Ammar Darwish, was invited to join the…

Betty Boothroyd Scholarship Award

The 2025 Betty Boothroyd Scholarship has been awarded to Dr Munzer…

Voice from Ukraine

We’re often moved by messages from readers of War Doctor – David’s written…

Surgical trainings in Ukraine

Surgeons and anaesthetic surgeons from regions all over Ukraine gathered in…

Scoping mission to Syria

Syria’s health system is on the brink after 14 years of…

Visit to Ukraine: the significant challenges of the present and what the next decade will hold

Travelling through Ukraine, its overwhelming cultural power is palpable and unavoidable.…

Funding a Palestinian doctor for Paediatric trauma training

The conflict in Israel and Palestine has put Palestinian medical professionals…

End of year reflection from our CEO

As 2024 draws to a close, we must steal a moment…

Strengthening global surgical capacity through HEST-UK training

Building on the success of our partnership with the Royal College…

Equipping medical heroes of South and North Kivu

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to face a…

Strengthening trauma response in Northwest Syria

Northwest Syria continues to face escalating hostilities, compounded by regional conflicts…

Apply for our new Medical Inventory and Procurement Officer role

The David Nott Foundation is a UK charity dedicated to training…

A milestone mission in Ukraine

In October, we partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO), UOSSM,…

Stars align at Almeida Theatre to support our mission

On Sunday 13th October, the Almeida Theatre welcomed an audience to…

October 7th: A catalyst for unrelenting crisis and the fight to save lives

October 7th is a day that remains seared into our collective…

Addressing the crisis in healthcare

As conflicts continue to devastate civilian lives across the globe, healthcare…

World Humanitarian Day

On World Humanitarian Day, we perhaps allow ourselves a few more…

Doctors’ needs in the West Bank

Over 300 days have passed since Hamas’s invasion of Israel and…