EMMS International is seeking new trustees to join our Board and help guide the organisation in its mission to improve healthcare and strengthen communities around the world. We are looking for people who share our values and can bring insight, experience, and commitment to the charity's governance. Trustees have legal responsibility for the charity’s management and administration, and the role is both rewarding and significant. In line with what is typical for UK charities, the...

A healthcare career pathway that strengthens a whole system When health systems struggle, it’s often because there aren’t enough trained people to provide care — and because many capable young people never get the chance to qualify in the first place. A newly published research paper in Frontiers in Health Services  shares learning from EMMS International’s Healthcare Career Pathways (HCP)  programme, delivered in partnership with The Duncan Hospital  in Bihar, India. The case study explores...

We are saddened to learn of the death of Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness KC (Jim Wallace), and we join many across Scotland in mourning his passing.  Lord Wallace served as a trustee of EMMS International from September 2023 to September 2025, after first engaging with our work while serving as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (2021–2022).  A life shaped by service We are grateful for Jim’s significant contribution to public life through politics, civil society...