North West Awards 2024

We are delighted to announce the North West Awards for 2024 are taking place online on Thursday 14 November 2024.

The North West Division invites you to enjoy an evening of celebration with our division members, highlighting the great work within the region.

Do you know someone who has gone above and beyond this year or have shown their colleagues incredible support?

We would like to hear from you so we can recognise and showcase the wonderful work and support networks running in the North West of England and award those who truly deserve it.

North West Awards categories

• Medical Student of the Year 
• Foundation Doctor of the Year 
• Core Trainee of the Year 
• Higher Trainee of the Year 
• SAS Doctor of the Year 
• Consultant of the Year 
• Psychiatric Trainer of the Year 
• Service User of the Year 
• Carer Contributor of the Year 

To make a nomination for any of the above categories, please complete the relevant nomination form.

Please review the entry regulations.

Completed entries should be emailed to northwest@rcpsych.ac.uk

The deadline for nominations is 13 October 2024.

This year, we are delighted to announce the Chair's lecture will be given by Dr Ananta Dave.

Dr Ananta Dave is Chief Medical Officer in the Black Country Integrated Care System and a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.

She was appointed Presidential Lead for Retention and wellbeing at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2023. She is keenly interested in doctors’ health and wellbeing and is the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship in 2019 to study the topic of preventing doctor suicides in the US and implement the learning in the NHS in the UK. Her Fellowship report was published in early 2024 and has been widely welcomed.

She is a Trustee of the charity Doctors in Distress which works to prevent suicides in healthcare workers. Dr Dave works regionally and nationally in addressing healthcare inequalities and in developing a diverse and humane leadership culture. She was the first female President of the British Indian Psychiatric Association (BIPA), and provides mentorship and coaching to colleagues through her role in various diaspora health organisations.

Dr Dave was awarded a Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2023, Doctor of the Year by BAPIO (British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin in 2022 and an EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) award in 2022 by APNA NHS, among others.

In addition to her medical qualifications, she holds a master’s degree in medical Ethics and Law. She has recently had a book of poems published titled “An Agony of Hope.”

Talk title: Developing a retention charter for psychiatrists – the RCPsych work on retention and wellbeing

• For attendees to be aware of the College work on retention and wellbeing
• To refresh the most important factors impacting retention and wellbeing
• To look at steps that provider organisations and medical leaders can take to promote retention and wellbeing