RCPsych Awards 2026

See the shortlists for this year's RCPsych Awards.

The full Awards ceremony programme is available 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 working party, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  

Medical Student of the Year

• Pradipta Narayan Chowdhury 
• Dr 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
• Mersey Care Children's Eating Disorder Service, Mersey Care
• Mood, Emotions and Relationships Pathway, Devon Partnership NHS Trust

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)
• Dementia Assessment and Support Service - DASS, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
• Hillingdon Older Adults Community Mental Health Team, Central and Northwest London NHS Foundation Trust
  

Psychiatric Team of the Year: Digital Mental Health

•  Hospital at Home Eating Disorders, Thames Valley CAMHS Provider Collaborative
• Oxford Precision Psychiatry Lab (OxPPL), University of Oxford
• TEWV Innovations Team, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Psychiatric Team of the Year: Intellectual Disability

• Haringey Learning Disability Partnership, North London NHS Foundation Trust
• Oxford Health Forensic Learning Disability Team, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Psychiatric Team of the Year: Research/Quality Improvement

• CAMHS, 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

• Highland CAMHS and Partners Innovation Challenge, NHS Highland
• Restormel CAMHS team/ CAMHS Goes Wild!, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Southwark Trauma Team, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  

Further information

If you have any queries about the awards, please contact the Membership Services team on MembershipServices@rcpsych.ac.uk.