Psychiatric Trainees' Committee (PTC) elections

Elected without ballot

• Dr Conor Brown - PMPT Representative 
• Dr Patrick Kielt - PMPT Representative 

Elected without ballot

• Dr Osagbai Eriki - Member Representative
• Dr James Rand - PMPT Representative

Election going to ballot:

PMPT Representative

Eight candidates for four roles:

• Dr Alexia Caramitsos-Tziras
• Dr Farheen Ebrahim
• Dr Sirous Golchinheydari
• Dr Malwattage Lara Tania Jayatilaka
• Dr Rohan Krishnan
• Dr Eve Morrison
• Dr Shivam Sharma
• Dr Poh Wang

Election without ballot

Member Representative

Dr Kainat Khan 

Elected without ballot

• Dr Harry Waterman - PMPT Representative

Election going to ballot

Member Representative

Three candidates for two roles:

• Dr Ben Dempster
• Dr Shegufta Huq
• Dr Joanne Wallace

Elected without ballot

• Dr Natasha Hobbs-Lakin - PMPT Representative

Pre- and post-membership trainees who are members of the Division or Devolved Nation can stand for election.

You can serve a total of two terms on the Psychiatric Trainees' Committee, either back-to-back or with a gap.

If you've served one term on the committee then you can stand for re-election at any time.

If you've already served two terms then you can't be elected to the committee again.

The timetable for 2025 elections is as follows:

Information you'll need to provide

• The names, email addresses and membership numbers of your proposer and seconder, they must be trainees in the same Division/Devolved Nation.
• An election address (supporting statement) of 200 words.
• A photo to be used on election materials.
• You'll also be asked to confirm your good standing with the GMC and with regard to College membership fees.

Submitting your nomination

Nominations must be submitted through the Civica Election Services nomination platform by noon on 31 January 2025.

You can save your nomination and return to it at a later date. If you forget to complete, we'll send you a reminder when the deadline is approaching.

Once you've finished your nomination you can submit it and within 24 hours you'll receive email confirmation of your submission.

We strongly recommend that you save your nomination regularly, and that you submit several hours before the deadline so that any technical issues can be rectified before nominations close.

Please read our canvassing code which sets out the rules on canvassing during elections.

All trainees (both PMPTs and Members) who are members of the Division or Devolved Nation are eligible to vote in PTC elections.

If you're eligible to vote (please check eligibility section above), you'll automatically be included in the electorate.

The email address that you have registered with us as your default will be given to Civica Election Services, who'll send you an email with a link to the voting site.

Each link is unique so can’t be shared with others and the voting site can’t be found through a search engine. If you're having issues with your ballot email or you're eligible but haven't received the email, please contact elections@rcpsych.ac.uk.