HEST in Libya
HEST faculty in Misrata It was the early hours of 4 March when our DNF team touched down at Misrata airport. David and Ammar were this time joined…
Yemen HEST July 2016
David Nott Foundation ran a HEST course in Aden, Yemen from 10-12 July, 2016. 43 surgeons from hospitals in Aden, Lahj, Abyan, Lawder and Shabwa…
November 2018 newsletter
Note from the Chief Executive In September we took our Hostile Environment Surgical Training (HEST) course to sub-Saharan Africa for the first time.…
The BMJ: Training Idlib’s obstetricians
Giving birth is one of the most vulnerable moments a woman can experience. It can be anxiety-inducing enough in a well-equipped hospital in the UK,…
Scholarship to help Nepalese student reach more people following earthquake disaster
A postgraduate student who has treated more than 25,000 people cut off from healthcare following an earthquake has received a prestigious scholarship…
Literally a Life Saver
Nott is a remarkable consultant surgeon who regularly leaves his day job at three London NHS hospitals to provide emergency surgical treatment in war…
The Mail on Sunday: My secret mission to save Aleppo’s babies of the blitz
David Nott writes for The Mail on Sunday Of all the wounded children of Aleppo who passed before me, the memory of one has lodged in my mind like no…
Elly & David Nott featured in Foreign Policy’s Global Thinkers 2016 list
Since the Syrian civil war erupted, the Assad regime has killed almost 700 medical personnel—and thousands more have fled. In Syria, “health care is…
The Observer: In Aleppo’s destroyed hospitals the dead lie with the living
David writes for The Observer I don’t think that in all my years of doing this I’ve ever seen such dreadful pictures of injuries, of people lying on…
Skype Blog: The first ever known surgery over Skype with Dr. David Nott
Skype was developed in 2003 to help people stay together, no matter where in the world they happen to be. Since launch, we’ve discovered many weird,…
Philanthropy Age: ‘You carry on because you’re saving somebody else’s life’
British surgeon David Nott has spent two decades operating on thousands of people in war zones, making life and death decisions under fire. Now he…
David Nott receives Special Recognition at Pride of Britain Awards 2016
Every year for the past 23 years, David has taken several months’ unpaid leave from his NHS job in London to work as a volunteer for aid agencies…