RCPsych Awards 2026
See the shortlists for this year's RCPsych Awards.
The full Awards ceremony programme will be available in October for you to learn more about each nominee and why they were nominated.
We'll be presenting the winners at a glittering ceremony on Thursday 5 November from 2-4.30pm at Prescot Street.
The ceremony will also be livestreamed, please follow the link below to register to watch the ceremony.
Patient Contributor of the Year
- Sarah Davenport
- Danielle Sands
- Mike Wetson
Carer Contributor of the Year
- Naomi Cranmer
- End of life care work, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Medical Student of the Year
- Pradipta Narayan Chowdhury
- Suleyman Noordeen
- Aoife Turnbull
Core Psychiatric Resident Doctor of the Year
- Dr Benjamin Geers
- Dr Camilla Howe
- Dr Sue Fen Tan
Higher Psychiatric Resident Doctor of the Year
- Dr Adam Flynn
- Dr Donncha Mullin
- Dr Bhavika Vajawat
Psychiatric Communicator of the Year
- Dr Jessica Eccles
- Dr Helen Garr
- Dr Raja Natarajan
Psychiatric Educator of the Year
- Dr Rahul Bhattacharya
- Dr Charlotte Heaps
- Dr Josie Jenkinson
Psychiatric IMG Champion of the Year
- Dr Chandan Aladakatti
- Dr Ishaq Pala
- Dr Manoj Rajagopal
Early Career Academic Researcher of the Year
- Dr Katherine Beck
- Dr Nathan Huneke
Mid/Senior Career Academic Researcher of the Year
- Professor Samuele Cortese
- Professor Jonathan Green
- Dr Sameer Jauhar
SAS Doctor of the Year
- Dr Meena Inasu
- Dr Seungyoun Moon
- Dr Shantala Satisha
Psychiatrist of the Year
- Dr Vellingiri Raja Badrakalimuthu
- Dr Bruce Clark
- Dr Annabel Price
Psychiatric Team of the Year: Children and Adolescents
- ASC Team - Walsall CAMHS, Black Country ICB
- CFHD Managing Emotions & Relationships Pathway, Devon Partnership NHS Trust
- Mid Mersey Children and Young People’s Eating Disorder Service (CEDS), Mersey Care
Psychiatric Team of the Year: Working-age Adults
- NHS Primary Care Gambling Service, Hurley Group
- North East and North Cumbria Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Willow Team, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Psychiatric Team of the Year: Older-age Adults
- DEMCARES INDIA, Schizophrenia Research Foundation (India)
- Hillingdon Older Adults Community Mental Health Team, Central and Northwest London NHS Foundation Trust
- Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Dementia Assessment and Support Services, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Psychiatric Team of the Year: Digital Mental Health
- Oxford Precision Psychiatry Lab, University of Oxford
- TEWV Innovations Team, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
- Tier 4 CAMHS Hospital at Home Online Eating Disorder Service, Thames Valley CAMHS Provider Collaborative
Psychiatric Team of the Year: Intellectual Disability
- Haringey Learning Disability Partnership, North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Oxford Forensic Community Learning Disability Team, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Psychiatric Team of the Year: Research/Quality Improvement
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Hamad Medical Corporation
- Hertfordshire Community Perinatal Team, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Psychological Interventions Clinic for outpatients with Psychosis (PICuP), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Psychiatric Team of the Year: Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability/Green Care
- The Grounding Project at Roots and Shoots, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Highland CAMHS and Partners Innovation Challenge, NHS Highland
- Restormel CAMHS team/ CAMHS Goes Wild!, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Further information
If you have any queries about the awards, please contact the Membership Services team on MembershipServices@rcpsych.ac.uk.