Pharma Mate is an independent UK website listing support services for healthcare staff, with plain-English guides on wellbeing, contracts, speaking up and workplace pressure. Thomas Evans edits every page. Pharma Mate carries no advertising, no affiliate links and no paid placements, and every listing is free.
Key facts
- What Pharma Mate is
- An independent directory and guide site
- Editor
- Thomas Evans
- Advertising
- None. No affiliate links and no paid placements.
- Listings
- Free to every organisation listed
- What Pharma Mate is not
- A charity, helpline, law firm or healthcare provider
What Pharma Mate does
Healthcare staff often know they need help but not who offers help for their profession, their nation or their problem. Pharma Mate gathers the charities, unions, regulators, NHS services and official advice bodies into one place. You can search the support directory, filter by profession and nation in the support finder, or compare services side by side in the support comparison.
The guides cover the pressures healthcare staff raise most often: burnout, unsafe workload, contracts and restrictive clauses, non-disclosure agreements, speaking up and the workplace side of GLP-1 weight-loss medicines. Each guide explains the rule or process in plain English and points you to the organisation able to help with your own situation.
Pharma Mate has separate pages for pharmacists, doctors, nurses, dentists, students and allied health professionals, and for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Who runs Pharma Mate
Thomas Evans is the editor of Pharma Mate. He writes the guides and checks each listing against the provider's own website and official UK sources. Read more on Thomas Evans's profile.
What Pharma Mate is not
Pharma Mate is not a charity, a helpline, a law firm or a healthcare provider. The site does not give medical, legal or financial advice about your own situation, does not take referrals, and does not award grants or collect donations. Pharma Mate does not sell, prescribe or supply any medicine. To get help, contact the organisation listed directly, using the details on the organisation's own website.
How Pharma Mate is independent
Pharma Mate carries no advertising, no affiliate links and no sponsored content. No organisation pays to be listed, to be listed higher or to be described in a particular way. A listing is not a partnership or an endorsement, and inclusion does not guarantee you can use the service.
How listings are chosen
An organisation is listed when all of these points apply:
- The organisation offers support, advice or representation relevant to people working or training in UK healthcare.
- The organisation is a charity, NHS service, trade union, professional body, regulator or official advice service.
- The organisation's own website explains who the service is for and how to get in touch.
Pharma Mate does not list commercial clinics, pharmacies, recruitment agencies or paid coaching services. Listings are checked against each provider's website, and a listing is changed or removed when a service changes its audience or closes. Our editorial policy explains the checks in full, and the sources page lists the official sources used.
How to suggest a correction
If a listing or guide is out of date or wrong, message the editor through the LinkedIn profile linked on Thomas Evans's page. Tell us the page address, what needs changing and, where you can, a link to the official source. Corrections are checked against the source and the page date is updated once the change is made.
Please do not send health records, case details or personal documents. Pharma Mate cannot advise on individual cases.
Common questions
What is Pharma Mate?
Pharma Mate is an independent UK directory and guide site for healthcare staff. The site lists charities, unions, regulators and NHS services, and explains common workplace problems in plain English.
Who runs Pharma Mate?
Thomas Evans edits Pharma Mate. He writes the guides and checks each listing against the provider's own website and official UK sources.
Do organisations pay to appear on Pharma Mate?
No. Every listing is free. Pharma Mate has no advertising, no affiliate links and no paid placements.
Is Pharma Mate a charity or helpline?
No. Pharma Mate is not a charity, helpline, law firm or healthcare provider. For help with your own situation, contact one of the organisations listed in the directory.